A teacher who was shot by a teenage gunman in a Bend, Oregon, elementary school last week said she saw the attacker and tried to shut the classroom door, “but the shooter was already there.”
\n\nBecky Drury said she was shot at close range in the rampage at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday.
\n\n“Lying on the floor, I saw that my left hand was almost completely severed from the gunshot, and my other arm was also severely injured,” Drury said in a statement Wednesday.
\n\n“I could not get up, defend myself, or protect anyone else,” she said. “So, I did the only thing I could do, which was to pretend to be dead in the hope he would not shoot me again.”
\n\nThree children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher were killed in the attack, which began around 1 p.m., officials said.
\n\nThe gunman was fatally shot by a bystander who saw him fire at a truck and enter the school, police have said. The bystander followed the 16-year-old gunman and shot him as another teacher was wrestling with him over the weapon, according to police.
\n\nThe motive remained under investigation Wednesday.
\n\nInvestigators are looking into…
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