Teen shooter kills 3 children, teacher in Oregon elementary school before being shot by bystander

• The victims: Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher were killed in a shooting at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday. Another child and teacher were rushed to hospital with critical injuries.

• The shooter: The 16-year-old Bend resident was shot dead by a “community member” who pursued him into the school, Police Chief Mike Krantz said. The shooter’s motive is currently unclear.

• School shooting surge: This is the 36th shooting on K-12 school grounds across the United States this year, according to a CNN data analysis.

Bend community holds emotional candlelit prayer vigil

Members of the Bend community gathered in a local downtown park Thursday evening for a prayer vigil to support and grieve for those impacted by the school shooting.

A large crowd of mourners held candles and hugged one another as they listened to prayers, music and community leaders in an emotional vigil.

"No telling how many casualties" if shooter wasn't stopped, CNN analyst says

“As a country, we, we still lack the courage to do anything to try to prevent these things from occurring. And it’s going to happen again,” CNN’s Senior Law Enforcement Analyst Charles Ramsey said.

A timeline of how the shooting unfolded

Police are investigating why a 16-year-old entered an elementary school in Bend, Oregon on Thursday with a long gun and began shooting, killing three children and one teacher.

Here’s a timeline of how the attack unfolded, according to Bend Police Department chief Mike Krantz:

12:59 p.m. : The first 911 call is received. It’s from someone in a vehicle reporting being shot at multiple times by an individual with a long gun. The call indicated an “unknown man had shot into a car.” Moments later, dispatch receive dozens of calls reporting that a person had entered the Silver Rail Elementary School and started shooting.

1 p.m.: Dispatch use a tone to alert all law enforcement.

1:01 p.m.: Police direct the school to go into lockdown.

1:02 p.m.: Police arrive on the scene and report that the suspect has been shot by a community member. The bystander saw the shooter enter the school and followed him in before engaging him in gunfire and killing him. Police entered the building and confirmed the suspect is dead. Officers then clear the school and give emergency aid to the casualties. Police confirm four dead, including three children and one teacher.

All students and staff were then transported to the Journey Church for reunification with families.

In pictures: Emergency responders at the scene Thursday

Scenes from outside of Silver Rail Elementary school on Thursday show emergency services and police responding to the school shooting, which left four people dead, including three children.

Bend police officers underwent threat training in August

Every Bend police officer went through a full day of active threat training at a local high school in August, Bend Police Department chief Mike Krantz said Thursday.

The police chief said there will be a “large police presence” at the Silver Rail Elementary School “for the next several days.”

“This is going to be a long investigation,” he added.

Schools superintendent says his community is “heartbroken”

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook choked up as he expressed gratitude to staff members who “helped our students and protected our kids today.

Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook says his community is "heartbroken" after a shooting at an elementary school left three children and one teacher dead.

"Heartbroken" and "horrified." How Oregon officials are reacting

Officials in Bend have described the shooting at an elementary school as an “unthinkable tragedy” that has had a “profound impact” on the community.

Here’s what some of the district’s leaders are saying:

“We are heartbroken. We are horrified. This is the kind of thing you hear about in other places, and pray that it never happens here,” said Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook in an emotional press conference Thursday.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised the “quick thinking and courage” of Silver Rail Elementary School staff, parents and first responders, as well as the “heroic” community member who engaged the shooter.

Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said : “My heart is with the victims of today’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School and their loved ones now facing the consequences of another school shooting in America.”

Rep. Janelle Bynum flew back to Bend after learning of the deadly shooting at an elementary school in her district.

Former Bend Mayor Jeff Eager described the shooting as “unimaginable.”

Eager said the school was built in recent years, adding the school district has invested a lot in security.

"Our kids are getting shredded," Oregon congresswoman says about elementary school shooting

Democratic Rep. Janelle Bynum flew back to Bend, Oregon, after learning of the deadly shooting at an elementary school in her congressional district.

“The most heartbreaking thing, as the details have surfaced, is that we have a child involved in the killing of other children,” Bynum told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening.

A 5-year-old is among the children killed in an Oregon school shooting. Here's what we know

Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old entered an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and started shooting, police said Thursday.

Here’s what we know about the shooting:

What happened: The first 911 call indicated an “unknown man had shot into a car,” moments before calls to police reported a person had entered the school and started shooting. The shooter, armed with a long gun, forced his way into the school by shooting at locked doors, but it’s unclear how far he made it into the building, said Chief Mike Krantz of Bend Police Department. A “community member” who saw the teenager entering Silver Rail Elementary School at about 1 p.m. followed him in before engaging him in gunfire, killing him before responding officers arrived, Krantz said.

What we know about the casualties: Police found five people dead at the scene, Krantz said. A 7-year-old child and another teacher were also injured and transferred to a hospital, according to officials.

What we know about the shooter: Police have not yet identified the shooter and it is not yet clear whether he had any connection to the school, what specific long gun was used, or how many rounds were fired. Police have not yet weighed in on a potential motive. The FBI is assisting in the investigation, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

• 受害者：周四，俄勒冈州本德市银轨小学发生枪击事件，造成三名儿童（分别为5岁、8岁和11岁）和一名教师死亡。另有一名儿童和一名教师身受重伤，被紧急送往医院。

• 枪手：本德市警察局长迈克·克兰茨表示，这名16岁的本德居民被一名“社区成员”追赶至学校后开枪打死。目前，枪手的作案动机尚不清楚。

• 校园枪击案激增：根据 CNN 的数据分析，这是今年美国 K-12 学校校园内发生的第 36 起枪击案。

本德社区举行感人的烛光祈祷守夜活动，悼念逝者。

周四晚上，本德市的居民聚集在市中心的一个公园里举行祈祷守夜活动，以支持和悼念那些受到校园枪击事件影响的人们。

一大群哀悼者手持蜡烛，互相拥抱，聆听祈祷、音乐和社区领袖的讲话，举行了一场充满情感的守夜活动。

CNN分析师称，如果不制止枪手，伤亡人数“难以估量”。

“作为一个国家，我们仍然缺乏勇气采取任何措施来阻止这类事件的发生。而且，这类事件还会再次发生，”美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）高级执法分析师查尔斯·拉姆齐说道。

枪击事件发生的时间线

警方正在调查一名 16 岁少年周四携带长枪进入俄勒冈州本德市一所小学并开始射击的原因，该事件造成三名儿童和一名教师死亡。

以下是本德市警察局局长迈克·克兰茨提供的袭击事件时间线：

下午12:59：接到第一个911报警电话。一名车内人士报告称，他遭到一名持长枪男子多次射击。报警电话中提到“一名身份不明的男子向一辆汽车开枪”。几分钟后，调度中心接到数十个报警电话，称有人闯入银轨小学并开始射击。

下午 1 点：调度中心发出警报声，通知所有执法人员。

下午 1:01：警方指示学校进入封锁状态。

下午1点02分：警方到达现场，报告称嫌疑人已被一名社区成员开枪击毙。这名路人看到枪手进入学校，便尾随其后，开枪将其击毙。警方进入大楼后确认嫌疑人已死亡。随后，警员清空学校，并对伤者进行紧急救治。警方确认共有四人死亡，其中包括三名儿童和一名教师。

随后所有学生和教职员工都被送往旅程教会与家人团聚。

图片：周四现场的紧急救援人员

周四，银轨小学外的画面显示，紧急救援人员和警察正在对校园枪击事件做出反应，该事件造成四人死亡，其中包括三名儿童。

本德市警员在八月份接受了威胁应对培训。

本德警察局局长迈克·克兰茨周四表示，8 月份，本德市的每一位警官都在当地一所高中接受了一整天的应对活跃威胁训练。

警察局长表示，未来几天，银轨小学附近将部署大量警力。

“这将是一项漫长的调查，”他补充道。

学校负责人表示，他的社区“心碎了”。

本德-拉派恩学区总监史蒂文·库克在向“今天帮助我们的学生并保护我们孩子的”工作人员表达感激之情时，不禁哽咽起来。

本德-拉派恩学区总监史蒂文·库克表示，一所小学发生枪击事件，造成三名儿童和一名教师死亡，他的社区对此感到“心碎”。

“心碎”和“震惊”。俄勒冈州官员对此作何反应？

本德市官员将这起发生在小学的枪击事件描述为“难以想象的悲剧”，并称其对社区产生了“深远的影响”。

以下是该地区部分领导人的发言：

“我们感到心碎，我们感到震惊。这种事情你只会在其他地方听说，我们祈祷它永远不会发生在我们这里，”本德-拉派恩学区总监史蒂文·库克在周四情绪激动的记者招待会上说道。

俄勒冈州州长蒂娜·科泰克赞扬了银轨小学教职工、家长和急救人员的“快速反应和勇气”，以及与枪手交火的“英勇”社区成员。

俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登表示：“我与今天银轨小学枪击案的受害者及其亲人同在，他们现在正面临着美国又一起校园枪击案带来的后果。”

得知她所在选区的一所小学发生致命枪击事件后，众议员珍妮尔·拜纳姆立即飞回了本德。

本德市前市长杰夫·伊格尔形容这起枪击事件“难以想象”。

伊格尔表示，这所学校是近几年建造的，并补充说，学区在安保方面投入了大量资金。

“我们的孩子正在被残忍杀害，”俄勒冈州女议员就小学枪击案说道。

民主党众议员珍妮尔·拜纳姆得知其选区内一所小学发生致命枪击案后，立即飞回俄勒冈州本德市。

“随着细节的披露，最令人心碎的是，我们发现一名儿童参与了杀害其他儿童的案件，”拜纳姆告诉 CNN 的安德森·库珀。

警方在周四晚间的新闻发布会上表示，一名16岁的俄勒冈州本德市居民闯入一所小学并开始射击，造成三名儿童（分别为5岁、8岁和11岁）和一名教师死亡。

俄勒冈州校园枪击案造成包括一名5岁儿童在内的多名儿童遇难。以下是我们目前了解到的情况。

警方周四表示，一名16岁少年闯入俄勒冈州本德市的一所小学并开始枪击，造成三名儿童（分别为5岁、8岁和11岁）和一名教师死亡。

以下是我们目前了解到的枪击事件情况：

事件经过：第一个911报警电话称“一名身份不明的男子向一辆汽车开枪”，几分钟后，警方接到报警称有人闯入学校并开始射击。本德警察局局长迈克·克兰茨表示，枪手持长枪强行闯入学校，他向紧锁的大门开枪，但目前尚不清楚他进入了建筑物的哪个位置。克兰茨说，一名“社区居民”看到这名青少年在下午1点左右进入银轨小学，便尾随其后，并向他开枪，在警员赶到之前将其击毙。

目前已知的伤亡情况：克兰茨表示，警方在现场发现了五名死者。据官方消息，一名7岁儿童和另一名教师也受了伤，已被送往医院。

关于枪手，我们目前掌握的信息：警方尚未确认枪手身份，也不清楚他是否与学校有任何关联，使用的究竟是哪种长枪，以及开了多少枪。警方尚未就可能的作案动机发表意见。据联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔称，联邦调查局正在协助调查。