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Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary Leaves Four Dead and Sparks Community Outcry
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Core Event
On Oct 16, a 16-year-old former special-needs student, Griffin J. John II, entered a mixed-grade special-needs classroom at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, and fired a Maverick 88 pump-action 12-gauge shotgun. He discharged roughly 15 rounds, killing 25-year-old teacher Meghan Lambert and three children aged 5, 8 and 11. A 7-year-old was wounded and listed in serious but stable condition, and another teacher sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries. The shooter was stopped after a fellow teacher tackled him and a 36-year-old father of two students entered the classroom with a legal .40-caliber pistol, firing multiple shots that killed John just before police arrived. Police reported arriving within three minutes of the first 911 call.
Key Figures
- Griffin J. John II – 16-year-old former special-needs student, shooter.
- Meghan Lambert – 25-year-old teacher killed in the attack.
- Mike Krantz – Bend Police Chief, leading the investigation.
- Kenda Freeman – Father of two students whose son, Kaylub Giamanco, shot the attacker.
- Kalani Journeigh – 9-year-old fourth-grader who witnessed the gunfire.
Data & Statistics
- The shooter carried an additional 44 rounds of ammunition.
- Since the start of 2026, the K-12 School Shooting Database records 118 people wounded or killed in 149 incidents involving gunfire on school grounds.
- The Gun Violence Archive lists 371 mass shootings (four or more victims) in the United States since Jan 2026.