Teen gunman kills four at US elementary school

Three children and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, before a bystander shot the attacker dead A teenage gunman killed three students and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, police said. The shooter was himself shot dead by a bystander.The suspect was identified as a 16-year-old Bend resident, the city’s police chief, Mike Krantz, said at a news conference. He did not reveal the suspect’s name or say whether he knew anyone at the school.The three children killed were aged five, eight and 11. A seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were hospitalized in critical condition.Krantz said the gunman was shot by a “community member who had seen the suspect enter the school and pursued him into the school and engaged him.”The school has been placed on lockdown, and the Bend Police Department has urged the public to avoid the area.According to The Source Weekly, parents received alerts that nearby schools, including Caldera High School and Jewell Elementary School, had also been placed on lockdown following a police alert at around 1:20 p.m. Thursday. The lockdowns were lifted about 40 minutes later.Video from the scene shows multiple police...