Overview
- A 16‑year‑old former student opened fire inside a special‑education classroom last Thursday, killing three children and a teacher and injuring two others after a teacher confronted the attacker and a Good Samaritan fatally shot him.
- Bend police say investigators from the FBI and ATF have joined the probe and have completed evidence collection at the school while conducting searches, interviews and forensic analysis at the suspect’s home.
- Law‑enforcement sources reported that the weapon was a 12‑gauge shotgun and that the suspect’s mother bought the gun, a detail that investigators are probing as they consider whether any criminal charges against her are warranted.
- Authorities have identified two of the slain victims as five‑year‑old Rhoam Summer and 25‑year‑old special‑education teacher Megan Lambert; two other boys, ages eight and 11, are also dead and two staff members were wounded with names withheld or released by families.
- Bend‑La Pine Schools closed district campuses for several days, plans a phased return with Silver Rail kept closed, and has offered counseling, increased police presence and victim‑assistance support as community fundraisers and recovery efforts continue.