Teacher tackled gunman at Oregon school shooting

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 00:32 · Archive

A teacher at an Oregon elementary school threw her phone at a teenage gunman and tackled him during an attack that killed four people.

A teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon threw her phone at a 16-year-old gunman and tackled him during an attack that killed four people. Three children aged five, eight and eleven, and a teacher were killed in the special needs classroom. Two others were also wounded. The 16-year-old assailant shot through locked glass doors to enter the campus.

As the teacher and gunman wrestled, a parent who had witnessed the shooting outside the school followed him inside and opened fire, killing him. Police arrived within three minutes of receiving their first call, at which point the shooter was already dead.

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said the teacher was not injured but 'almost certainly helped prevent more bloodshed'. He described the parent's actions as 'undoubtedly saved people' and called the teacher's willingness to fight 'true heroism', noting that 'when someone is willing to risk their own life for others, we recognise that'.

How it is being reported

• 'Undoubtedly saved people': teacher fought US shooterA teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him, police say.The West Australian · 17 Oct, 00:09
• 'Undoubtedly saved people': teacher fought US shooterA teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him, police say.Perth Now · 17 Oct, 00:09

In this story: Silver Rail Elementary School · Oregon · Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz

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