The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting.
\n\n“Mom there was a school shooting we’re ok tho,” the message read.
\n\n“I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,” Jenn Johnston told NBC News.
\n\nAbout 20 minutes earlier, Johnston said she had received an automated phone call and text from the Bend, Oregon, school telling her that there was a lockdown in place.
\n\nAfter receiving the text from her son, she and her husband jumped into the car and drove to the school. Johnston said parents were rerouted to a nearby church, where they waited for hours with few updates from police and school officials.
\n\nIt wasn’t until about 6 p.m. when her tearful son jumped off the school bus and ran into her arms.
\n\n“The kids were bussed from the school to the church and were released to parents from youngest to oldest,” Johnston said. “My son, being in 5th grade, was the very last class to be released.”
\n\nThe shooting happened around 1 p.m. PT after a suspected teenage gunman armed with…
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