Fatal shooting reported at Bend elementary school

Bend police reported a fatal shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday, with multiple people, including children, injured and the suspected shooter dead. At least two people were taken to a hospital, police said. Their conditions and the final number of injured people had not been disclosed in the available briefing accounts. Officers responded to the school after dispatchers received a report at about 12:59 p.m. of a shot fired into a car, according to police. Officers arrived at about 1:02 p.m. Police also received multiple calls reporting an active shooter as the response unfolded. Authorities said there was one suspected shooter, who was dead by the time officers were at the school. Police had not confirmed who shot the suspect. Bend Police Department communications manager Sheila Miller said during a briefing that a bystander may have intervened, but investigators had not established that account. Police officers and emergency personnel responded to Silver Rail Elementary School, and officers were working to evacuate the building during the response. Police urged the public to avoid the area and directed students’ families to reunite at Journey Church, at...