MASSACRE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AMERICA: Teenager (16) kills three children and a teacher, bystander shoots him dead!

Three children and one teacher were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, in the US state of Oregon, while another child and a teacher were injured. The 16-year-old gunman was killed before police arrived.

At 12:59 p.m. local time, police received a report that an unidentified man was shooting at a car outside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Reports soon followed that an armed teenager had entered the school and opened fire.

According to Police Chief Mike Krantz, the 16-year-old gunman entered the school armed with a long gun and fired at a locked door.

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A bystander saw the teenager entering the school, followed him, and opened fire on him. The gunman was killed before police arrived, Krantz said.

Three children, aged five, eight, and 11, and one teacher were killed in the shooting. A seven-year-old child and another teacher were injured and taken to hospital.

Police have not released the gunman’s identity or a possible motive, and it is not yet known whether he had any connection to the school.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also joined the investigation. FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency would provide all necessary assistance in establishing the circumstances surrounding the shooting.