Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.
\n\nThe shooter forced entry into Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through the locked doors around 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET), Bend police said.
\n\nPolice arrived within three minutes and learned the suspect had been shot and killed.
\n\nMany questions remain about the motive and how the shooter gained access to the long gun used in the attack.
\n\nPolice arrived within three minutes of the first call for help.
\n\nDeschutes County dispatch received a call at 12:59 p.m. PT from a person in a vehicle saying they were being “shot at multiple times by a person with a long gun,” Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said at a news conference Thursday evening.
\n\nIn the ensuing minutes, dispatch received “dozens” of 911 calls reporting that a shooter had entered the K-5 school, he said.
\n\nA tone alert was issued at 1 p.m. telling all law enforcement officers to report to a critical incident.
\n\nOne minute later, the school was directed to go into lockdown.
\n\nBend…
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