NEW: Armed Bystander Neutralized Mass Shooter Who Killed Multiple Children At Elementary School– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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An armed bystander fatally shot the 16-year-old suspect who opened fire Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, according to multiple law enforcement sources cited by several media outlets.
Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that the bystander, who was carrying a concealed weapon, “definitely prevented more deaths.” A law separate law enforcement source similarly told USA TODAY that the bystander was legally carrying a concealed weapon and followed the shooter.
CBS News also reported, citing law enforcement sources, that the 16-year-old suspect “was shot and killed by a bystander.”
Bend Police communications manager Sheila Miller said at a news conference that officers arrived at the school at 1:02 p.m. and, seconds later, received word that the suspect was down. “We don’t have confirmation yet who shot the suspect. It may have been a bystander,” Miller stated in the news conference, which took place in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
Police said the first call at approximately 12:59 p.m. reported that an unknown man had shot into a car outside the school. Within about a minute, multiple 911 calls reported that a person had entered the school and started shooting.
Earlier local reporting from The Source Weekly described a passerby outside the school confronting a man with a gun, after which the man fired at a vehicle, shattering a window, before entering the school, reportedly in the special education area. Police confirmed they were investigating reports of shots fired into a vehicle.
JUST IN: An armed bystander carrying a concealed weapon took down a 16-year-old gunman who killed three children and one adult during an elementary school shooting in Bend, Oregon.
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A source told Fox News the bystander’s intervention prevented additional deaths, stopping an… pic.twitter.com/CTIVf779QF— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 16, 2026
