Police say suspect dead and at least two people hospitalized after shooting at Silver Rail elementary school in Bend
Multiple people, including children, were injured in a Thursday shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon , police confirmed during a press conference.
At least two have been hospitalized and the suspected gunman is dead, according to Bend police spokesperson Sheila Miller.
Police responded to Silver Rail elementary school at 1.02pm after receiving reports of shots fired at a car outside.
By the time officers arrived on scene, the suspected assailant had been shot and killed inside the school building. It is unclear who shot the suspect.
The full scope of victims and their conditions was not immediately clear on Thursday afternoon. Authorities also did not confirm the victims’ identities or ages, eyond their initial statement about injured children.
“This is the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend. It’s devastating,” Miller said.
Emergency officials were working to evacuate the elementary school, which has about 400 students enrolled, room by room.
The shooting appeared to begin about an hour before the school day was set to end.
Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, said on social media she was monitoring the situation. The FBI is helping local authorities investigate the shooting, according to the agency’s director, Kash Patel.