Silver rail elementary school shooting in Bend, Oregon: Many hospitalized, active shooter is dead, say police

Silver rail elementary school shooting: Police said at least 2 people hospitalized after shooting at elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the shooter is dead. Earlier police said on Thursday they were responding to a report of an active shooter at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon.

The department said on social media that it planned to hold a news briefing at about 2:15 p.m. Pacific time. Silver Rail Elementary was under lockdown, the Bend-La Pine school district wrote on Facebook.

The school in Bend, Oregon, which is more than 100 miles southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students as of last year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The school serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade.


“We don’t have a number at this point. We know children are among the victims,” Communications Manager for the Bend Police Department Sheila Miller said.


Miller said authorities received a call about a shot fired into a car outside Silver Rail Elementary at 12:59 p.m. and arrived on scene within minutes.

The suspect was shot shortly after, though Miller said she didn’t know if it was by police or a bystander. The conditions of those injured were not immediately known.