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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on October 15, 2026, killing three children and one adult before dying inside the building. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau's Portland field office was on scene assisting Bend police.
ANALYSIS
Police in Bend logged the first call at 12:59 p.m. Pacific time: a man was firing into a vehicle near Silver Rail Elementary. Within one minute, 911 dispatch received multiple calls of an active shooter inside the school. Officers arrived at 1:02 p.m. and confirmed the suspect was down inside the building.
Sources told CBS News that at least four people were killed: three children and one adult. Bend police said only that the total number of victims was not yet clear and that victims included children. At least two people were transported to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend; their conditions were not released.
The shooter is dead. Law enforcement sources told CBS News the suspect was believed to be a teenager, and that the fatal shot was fired by a bystander, not a responding officer. Bend police had not confirmed who killed the shooter by the time of initial reports. Officers conducted a room-by-room sweep of Silver Rail Elementary after the scene was secured; families were directed to a reunification site at Journey Church on South Highway 97.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau's Portland field office was on scene and assisting Bend police. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley issued a statement. The identity of the shooter, a confirmed motive, and final casualty figures had not been released as of initial reports.
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