Shooter in fatal Bend, Oregon, school shooting was former student there

The Guardian · 10/16/2026, 11:03:42 PM

One teacher and three children killed after Griffin J John II, 16, barged into elementary school and began shooting Oregon elementary school shooting: what we know so far The 16-year-old who barged into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed a teacher and three children was a former student at Silver Rail elementary, officials confirmed in a Friday press conference. The heavily armed gunman, identified as Griffin J John II, climbed over a fence and onto the school’s property before shooting through a set of locked doors to enter the building. Continue reading...