Overview
- The shooting, which occurred on Oct. 15, 2026, left three children and a 25-year-old special education teacher dead and wounded a 7-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher.
- A 16-year-old former Silver Rail student carried a Maverick 88 12-gauge pump-action shotgun into a special-needs classroom and was shot and killed there by a civilian bystander identified as 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco.
- Multiple outlets and law-enforcement sources report that the shotgun was legally purchased in August 2026 by the shooter’s mother and reportedly given to him, a detail now central to investigators’ review of possible parental or dealer liability.
- Local police, the FBI and the ATF continue an active criminal probe that includes searches of the suspect’s devices and evidence collection at the school, while the parents of 5-year-old victim Rhoam Summer have hired three law firms to run an independent investigation.
- Bend-La Pine Schools is staging a phased district reopening with Silver Rail remaining closed, counselors and increased police presence are being provided, and community fundraising has raised hundreds of thousands to support the bystander and affected families.