Education & Career
Oregon school shooting leaves 4 dead and 2 hospitalized
Hindustan Times·
Four people died and two survivors remained hospitalized after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, Thursday, Hindustan Times reported. A 16-year-old former student killed three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and teacher Megan Lambert, 25. Teacher Becky Drury, 54, and 7-year-old Saylor Graham were recovering Saturday. A parent shot the attacker during a struggle.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Bend families with children at Silver Rail face counselling and security questions when classes resume.
- Saylor Graham's Portland hospital care drew nearly $400,000 on a public fundraiser by Saturday.
- Sparrow Clubs members who knew Saylor said her survival offered hope amid community mourning.
What's Happening
- Griffin J. John II entered the classroom with a shotgun before staff and a parent intervened.
- Mourners left flowers and stuffed animals outside the school on Saturday.
- Police continued investigating the motive as Bend residents gathered to pray nearby.
Victims named in the Bend attack
- Teacher Megan Lambert, 25, had substituted in some families' classes the prior year.
- Saylor Graham, 7, uses a wheelchair and communicates with eyes and a tablet, friends said.
- Executive director Matt Sampson described Saylor as a non-verbal fighter who draws people to her.
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