Oregon shooting: What we know about the onlooker who ‘heroically intervened’ and shot suspected gunman

A bystander shot and killed a 16-year-old male who opened fire at a Bend elementary school on Thursday, October 15, that killed 4 people. Multiple US outlets, including CNN and CBS News, reported that one adult teacher and three children aged 5, 8, and 11 years were killed ​in the shooting, but it was not immediately revealed whether the shooter was included in the death toll. CNN, in its reporting, said that the teen shooter was a boy.

The shooter used a pump-action shotgun that was purchased by his mother, the Associated Press reported, citing the law enforcement official.

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Authorities in Bend, which is a city of about 100,000 people in central Oregon, 175 miles southeast of Portland, said the first 911 call they received from the 1 p.m. (2000 GMT) shooting “indicated that an unknown man had shot into a car” at Silver Rail Elementary School.

What we know about the bystander who killed the suspected Oregon shooter

The Spokesman-Review reports citing sources that an unidentified person killed the 16-year-old male suspect outside Silver Rail Elementary School around 1 p.m. Like the shooter’s identity, police haven’t identified the person, but said the good Samaritan was a bystander.

During a press conference following the Bend shooting, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek praised the onlooker who “heroically intervened to stop further loss of life” during the deadly school shooting in Bend.

“Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well,” she added without revealing further details on the person.