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Oregon school shooting: Bend police identify 16-year-old special needs student as shooter; probe underway to find motive

Managing Editor · Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 1:29 AM · 1 min read

Oregon school shooting: Bend police identify 16-year-old special needs student as shooter; probe underway to find motive — Mint India, Farmington Schools news — Image: Mint India

Police identified 16-year-old Griffin J. John II as the shooter who killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. A parent shot him dead inside the school.

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Oregon school shooting: Bend police identify 16-year-old special needs student as shooter; probe underway to find motive

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