At least 2 injured in Oregon school shooting; gunman is dead, police say - BERITAJA

BEND, Ore. — At slightest 2 group were injured Thursday successful a shooting astatine an simple schoolhouse successful Bend, Ore., and the attacker was changeable and killed, authorities said.

Bend constabulary spokesperson Sheila Miller said 2 group were transported to a hospital; their conditions were not instantly known. It was besides unclear whether location were different victims.

“We don’t person a number astatine this point. We cognize children are among the victims,” Miller said during a media briefing.

Authorities received a telephone about a changeable fired into a car extracurricular Silver Rail Elementary School astatine 12:59 p.m. and arrived connected the segment wrong minutes. Further 911 calls came from wrong the school, she said.

The attacker was changeable and went down wrong the schoolhouse soon aft constabulary arrived, she said.

It was not instantly clear whether the gunshot was by police, a bystander aliases self-inflicted.

Spokespeople for the metropolis and Police Department did not instantly return emails seeking remark from the Associated Press.

Silver Rail Elementary was nether lockdown, the Bend-La Pine schoolhouse district wrote connected Facebook.

“We’re successful the process astatine this clip of going room by room and evacuating each of the group who are successful that school. ... This is the benignant of point we ne'er want to spot hap successful Bend. It’s devastating,” Miller said, pausing to power her emotions.

The schoolhouse successful Bend, which is much than 100 miles southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students arsenic of past year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The schoolhouse serves students successful kindergarten done 5th grade.

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