Oregon school shooter was former special needs student, police say

A teacher fought the teenage shooter and a parent shot him dead, police say on Friday, a day after four people were killed.Published On 17 Oct 202617 Oct 2026The 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon was a former special-needs student at the school, police and school officials have said.Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz identified the attacker on Friday, a day after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, as Griffin J. John II.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Minneapolis shooting kills two, wounds three police officerslist 2 of 3US arrests suspect in connection with Tumbler Ridge school shootinglist 3 of 3Nine killed in shooting in US state of Pennsylvania, including two childrenend of listHe said the teenager attacked a classroom of special-needs students, where all the victims were shot.Steven Cook, superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, said John was not enrolled in the local public school system at the time.“That classroom was a special needs classroom, and the suspect was a special needs student in that school,” Cook told a news conference.Krantz said John shot his way through locked doors with a ...