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- 0:00Speaker 1: Tragedy has struck Central Oregon after a gunman opened fire
- 0:03Speaker 1: at Silver Rail Elementary School in the city of Bend,
- 0:07Speaker 1: killing three young students and an adult staff member before
- 0:11Speaker 1: an armed community member intervened and fatally shot the suspect.
- 0:15Speaker 1: Emergency dispatches indicate that local police and county sheriff's deputies
- 0:20Speaker 1: responded immediately following reports of active gunfire near the primary campus.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Upon arrival at the scene, law enforcement personnel discovered multiple
- 0:31Speaker 1: casualties across the facility, along with the deceased body of
- 0:35Speaker 1: the teenage gunman. Municipal officials confirmed that two additional individuals
- 0:40Speaker 1: suffered severe injuries during the violence and were transported to
- 0:44Speaker 1: regional medical centers for emergency surgical care. Preliminary investigative findings
- 0:50Speaker 1: reveal that the 16-year-old suspect gained entry to the locked
- 0:54Speaker 1: educational building by discharging a firearm directly through secured glass doors.
- 1:00Speaker 1: Eyewitness reports and dispatch summaries show that a civilian bystander
- 1:04Speaker 1: who witnessed the armed teenager entering the school building pursued
- 1:08Speaker 1: the suspect inside. confronting and firing upon the intruder before
- 1:12Speaker 1: law enforcement officers entered the premises. State forensic teams and
- 1:17Speaker 1: federal partners, including agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
- 1:22Speaker 1: have joined local investigators in securing the perimeter and collecting
- 1:26Speaker 1: evidence to establish a definitive timeline of the attack. The
- 1:30Speaker 1: deadly incident has prompted widespread grief and urgent safety interventions
- 1:35Speaker 1: across regional academic networks, with district administrators canceling all surrounding
- 1:41Speaker 1: school activities as counselors deploy to assist grieving families, staff,
- 1:46Speaker 1: and students. State leadership and civic representatives offered public condolences
- 1:52Speaker 1: while commending the decisive actions of first responders and the
- 1:56Speaker 1: armed civilian who confronted the perpetrator. As homicide detectives continue
- 2:01Speaker 1: reviewing surveillance recordings and auditing the suspect's background, Local authorities
- 2:07Speaker 1: maintain that no ongoing security threats remain active in the
- 2:11Speaker 1: surrounding community.