United States: Three children and a teacher killed in elementary school shooting

A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, in the northwestern United States, killed four people: students aged 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. Two others, including a 7-year-old child, were seriously injured and taken to St. Charles hospital. Police Chief Mike Krantz said the suspected shooter, aged 16, was fatally shot by a local resident who saw him enter the school carrying a weapon. Students were evacuated to a church, classes the following day were canceled, and an investigation is underway.