The school: Silver Rail Elementary School has an enrollment of about 400 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and about 40 people work at the school. All schools in the cities of Bend and La Pine were closed on Friday. Years of violence: Since the massacre in Columbine, Colo., in 1999, school shootings have terrorized America. [...] The population of Bend, which is about 130 miles southeast of the state capital of Salem, is about 107,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is now the latest American city to have had gun violence erupted in schools.
On Thursday, a 16-year-old entered Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through locked doors and killed three children, ages 5, 8, and 11, and one teacher, the authorities said. Two more people were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. [...] A teacher and three children were found dead at the scene. The children were aged 5, 8, and 11. A 7-year-old and another teacher, aged 54, were taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries. The police did not identify any of the victims and did not provide an age for the teacher who was killed.
About 400 students are enrolled in Silver Rail school, from kindergarten through fifth grade. About 40 people work at the school.