Bend, Oregon shooting live updates: 3 children and shooter among killed at Silver Rail school
A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, resulted in the deaths of three children and the shooter, who was stopped by a community member. The incident has prompted renewed discussion regarding school safety and the role of armed citizens.
Why it matters
The event reignites the national debate over gun control, school security, and the efficacy of 'gun-free zones' in the United States.
Link Copied! Man who stopped 2017 massacre says he understands person who killed Thursday's shooter By Leigh Waldman Stephen Willeford, center, listens during a prayer vigil for the victims of the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church shooting on November 8, 2017, in Floresville, Texas. David J. Phillip/AP Nearly a decade after he helped stop a massacre inside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in a small Texas town, Stephen Willeford says he understands the mindset of the person who police say stopped Thursday’s shooting at Silver Rail Elementary before police arrived.
“That person was probably just thinking of the children and the teachers, the defenseless people that were being murdered by a crazed young man,” Willeford told me today.
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