Two hospitalised after shooting at Oregon elementary school; gunman dead

A shooting has left "multiple victims" at an elementary school in the north-western US state of Oregon, police said Thursday, adding that the shooter is dead. "We don't have confirmation yet who shot the suspect. It may have been a bystander. At this time, we have multiple victims," said Sheila Miller, a spokesperson at the Bend Police Department, in a press conference. The Bend-La Pine School District said in a statement on social media that Silver Rail Elementary School was under lockdown. An updated post later said law enforcement was escorting students in buses to a separate location, where families could reunite with their children. Miller said that officers were alerted to respond to a critical scene at 1:00 pm local time, and that police were on the scene approximately two minutes later. "Seconds later, we received word over the radio that the suspect in this incident was down," she said. Read moreFrench teen charged in school shooting cites revenge for bullying Miller said medics had taken at least two people to a local hospital, adding that "we do not know their status." The school is more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) south-east of the city of Portland. It serves primar...