Four killed in shooting at Bend elementary school

A 16-year-old suspect was killed after a community member pursued and shot him inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, where three children and a teacher died in a shooting Thursday, police said. A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were critically injured and hospitalized, Police Chief Mike Krantz said. The children killed were ages 5, 8 and 11. Police identified the suspect as a Bend resident and said the community member followed him into the school after seeing him enter. Authorities have not identified the person who intervened or described the circumstances of the confrontation in detail. The first emergency call came shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday and reported that someone had fired a shot into a vehicle outside the school, police said. Further calls reported gunfire inside the building. Officers arrived within minutes and were told the suspect had been shot. Police said the suspect had forced entry by shooting at locked doors. Students were evacuated and taken by bus to Journey Church, where families were reunited with them. The school district said classes, activities and athletic events across Bend-La Pine Schools would be canceled Friday,...