Police were working to piece together what led up to a deadly shooting at an Oregon elementary school that left three children and a teacher dead.

More details are emerging about the fatal shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. CBS News' Elizabeth Campbell reports, and Kevin Robinson, a law enforcement expert and Phoenix city councilmember,

Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening.

A fatal shooting Oct. 15 at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon was the 26th school shooting so far this year, according to data compiled by EducationWeek. In 2026 alone, such incidents have killed 17 people and injured 26, many of them children, the ...

Government officials and leaders speak at a press conference regarding a deadly school shooting in Bend, Oregon.

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The teenage assailent's motive and his connection to the elementary school remain largely unclear.