An armed bystander shot dead a 16-year-old gunman inside an Oregon elementary school on Thursday, after the teenager killed three children and a teacher, with officials crediting the intervention for preventing further deaths during one of the deadliest school attacks reported in Oregon in recent years.
The attack unfolded at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend just before 1pm on 15 October, when the shooter forced his way inside by firing at locked doors. Three children, aged 5, 8, and 11, and a teacher were killed. Two others, including a 7-year-old, were critically wounded and taken to St Charles Medical Center Bend.
