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Four people, including three children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, US, on Thursday, according to preliminary information cited by US media.
Multiple law enforcement sources identified the suspected shooter as a 16-year-old boy.
Police said the shooter was found dead inside the school from gunshot wounds before officers arrived at around 1pm local time. It remains unclear who shot him.
Sheila Miller, a spokesperson for the Bend Police Department, said the person who shot the suspect could have been a civilian who was present at the scene.
At least two people were taken to hospital by emergency medical personnel, police said.
According to police, the first 911 call reported that an unidentified person was firing at a vehicle. Shortly afterwards, multiple calls reported that someone had entered a school and was shooting.
Silver Rail Elementary School was placed under lockdown as authorities responded to the incident. Police also designated a reunification site where students could meet their families.
FBI Director Kash Patel said federal agents were at the scene to assist with the ongoing investigation. In a post on X, he pledged the agency’s full support for the probe.
According to a CNN analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety, at least 52 school shooting incidents had been reported across the United States so far this year, leaving at least 28 people dead and 48 injured.
The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School was the 36th reported shooting on school grounds serving students from kindergarten through Grade 12 in the United States this year, according to the report.
Source : CNN & Al Jazeera