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Gunman kills three children and one adult at Bend, Oregon, elementary school; police have not said who killed him

The first 911 call came at 12:59 p.m.; officers arrived at 1:02 and the shooter was down seconds later.

A gunman killed three children and one adult at Silver Rail Elementary, a K-5 school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, Oct. 15. The shooter was also killed. Police have not confirmed who killed him, and several outlets report he may have been shot by an armed bystander. The attack. The first 911 call came at 12:59 p.m. Pacific time and reported a shot fired into a car outside the school. Officers arrived at 1:02 p.m., three minutes later. The shooter was down seconds after that. The shooter. CNN and Fox News report he was a 16-year-old boy. The response. The FBI is assisting Bend police. "This is the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend. It's devastating," police spokesperson Sheila Miller said, per PBS NewsHour.