Police Hadn’t Even Arrived. A Dad Already Had the Shooter Dead | 10/16/26

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A 16-year-old walked into Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, just after 1 p.m. Thursday and murdered three children — ages 5, 8, and 11 — and a teacher. Another child and a teacher were left in critical condition. He forced entry by shooting at the locked doors with his mother’s shotgun. Then a student’s dad who saw him go in pursued him inside and ended it. Dispatch audio caught what happened before officers even cleared the building: The shooter had been neutralized, possibly by a father at the school. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz later confirmed that a community member who watched the suspect enter followed him in and engaged him. The teen was dead when police arrived, roughly…