Hero who confronted Bend school shooter shares video showing his bullet-riddled truck after massacre that killed three children and their teacher: Live updates
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The man who faced down the teen gunman during the deadly Oregon elementary school shooting has released video of his bullet-riddled truck.
An unidentified 16-year-old stormed Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday armed with a pump-action shotgun police say was purchased by his mom.
A man in a red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck idling in the school’s parking lot noticed the teen heading toward the school and decided to confront him, The Source reported.
In turn, the gunman fired numerous shots at the civilian and his truck, shattering a rear window and leaving six large bullet holes in his vehicle.
‘Shattered out that f**king window. Went up right through the f**king windshield, right above my f**king head. Holy s**t,’ the man said in his video.
The shooter then made his way inside the school and killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher, before he was shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said.
Police said they did not know if the shooter knew anyone at the school or whether he had attended.
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Man who confronted gunman shares footage of his bullet-riddled truck
A man who confronted the Silver Rail Elementary School shooter shared footage of his bullet-riddled truck.
The truck driver said in a YouTube video that he saw the gunman hop over the school’s fence and that he confronted him.
‘Boom boom. Through my canopy. Shot out the back window,’ he said while pointing out the bullet holes on his red truck.
‘Shattered out that f**king window. Went up right through the f**king windshield, right above my f**king head. Holy s**t.’
Fifth-grade student ‘very scared’ after shooting
A fifth-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary was ‘very scared’ after the shooting, according to his aunt.
Mindy Corely told NBC News that her nephew had a phone and could tell his mother he was okay during the shooting.
‘He was clearly very, very scared and wanted to go home,’ she said.
‘This affects all of us. We all pull together as an even larger community, not just Bend. All of central Oregon is affected by this.’
Elementary school had made security improvements in the past decade, records show
The Bend elementary school where four people were shot and killed has made security improvements over the past decade, records show.
Silver Rail Elementary has a secure entry system and visitor screening program, according to records KGW obtained.
The school also installed new classroom door locks that let teachers lock the door from the inside, after Bend-La Pine School District set aside nearly $250,000 in bond funds for the improvement.
Gunman used shotgun purchased by his mother
The teenage gunman who opened fire on an Oregon elementary school used a shotgun bought by his mother to kill four people, including three children, police revealed.
Shots were fired at Silver Rail Elementary School at around 12.59pm when a 16-year-old gunman armed himself with a pump-action shotgun police say was purchased by his mom.
A law enforcement official briefed on the shooting told The Associated Press the teen used a pump-action shotgun that was purchased by his mother.
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KTVZ evening news anchor Lee Anderson and his co-host Kelsey Merison were reporting live from the studio Thursday, just hours after a 16-year-old gunman shot his way through a ‘secure vestibule’ and into the special education area at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend.
Vigil held for Silver Rail Elementary School victims
Community members of Bend, Oregon, held a candlelight vigil on Thursday night at Drake Park following the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.
Bend school shooter killed ‘by student’s dad’
A teenage gunman who murdered three children and a teacher at an Oregon school shot through a secure area meant to keep children safe from killers like him, before being taken down by a hero bystander rumored to be a student’s father.
The as-yet-unidentified 16-year-old was carrying a long gun that he used to shoot the locks out of ‘secure vestibules’ at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend shortly before 1pm PT Thursday, The Oregonian reported.
A good Samaritan who spotted the teenager and followed him into the building, shot him dead shortly after he began his rampage.
Dispatch audio suggested the hero was the father of a student at the school, with ‘It looks like the shooter has been neutralized, possibly shot by a father at the school’ picked up by multiple news outlets.
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