Armed bystander fatally shoots suspected teen gunman after 3 children, 1 adult killed at Oregon school

Three children and an adult were killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school Thursday, and the suspected gunman is also dead, shot by an armed good Samaritan.

The shooter was a 16-year-old Bend resident armed with a shotgun who was killed by an armed bystander with a concealed carry permit, federal law enforcement sources told Fox News.

The bystander “definitely prevented more deaths,” one source said.

The children killed at Silver Rail Elementary School were ages 5, 8 and 11, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said during an evening news conference.

A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to St. Charles Bend with critical injuries.

The shooter forced his way into the school by firing at locked doors, Krantz said, citing the initial investigation.

A “community member” saw the shooter enter, pursued him into the building and engaged him, according to Krantz.

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