Silver Rail Elementary School shooting
A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, 2026, in which a 16-year-old former student killed four people, including three children and a teacher, before being killed by a bystander. Teacher Becky Drury, who was seriously wounded, later disputed accounts that she had shielded a student, saying she was shot before she could intervene and played dead. Kaylub Giamanco, the father who killed the gunman, later described his actions and said he regretted not being able to save more children.
Current state
The Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, is in its aftermath: 16-year-old former student Griffin J John II killed three children and one teacher, wounded two others, and was fatally shot by parent Kaylub Giamanco; police continue to investigate a motive, while wounded teacher Becky Drury has disputed early accounts that she shielded a student and Giamanco has publicly described confronting the gunman.
4 sources · 5 reports · Updated 24 Oct 2026
Developments
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Wounded teacher Becky Drury disputed earlier heroism accounts, saying she was shot before she could act and played dead; she said her left hand was almost completely severed and her right arm severely injured.
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Police identified the shooter as 16-year-old former student Griffin J John II and said he targeted a special-education classroom.
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Armed parent Kaylub Giamanco pursued the shooter into the school and fatally shot him.
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On Oct. 15, a 16-year-old gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and one teacher and wounding two others.
Earlier coverage
- Hero dad who took down school shooter speaks out: 'I was supposed to be there' Kaylub Giamanco said he was driving home on Oct. 15 when he saw a person in all black, armed with a gun, jump over the fence at the elementary school.
- Teacher wounded in Oregon school shooting played dead after she was shot Becky Drury says she was hit by gunfire before she could intervene in attack that killed four, including three children A teacher wounded in last week’s shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school shared her account of the incident, and how she was shot before she could intervene and “[pretended] to be dead”. Becky Drury was seriously wounded at Silver Rail elementary when Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former s…
- Oregon Teacher Disputes Account of Her Heroism During School Shooting Becky Drury, who was said to have shielded a student during a deadly shooting in Bend, refuted the account. “The truth is I was shot before I had any chance to act.”
- After School Shooting in Bend, Ore., a Community Tries to Recapture Its Identity Days after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, the community is questioning its resilience — and safety.
- Oregon school shooter was former special-needs student, police say Oregon school shooter was former special-needs student, police say
- Oregon teacher fought school attacker before armed dad shot suspect 'multiple times' The 16-year-old suspect previously attended the primary school and had targeted a special educational needs classroom, police say.
- Hero bystander who took down Oregon school shooter comes forward The bystander who pursued and killed the Silver Rail Elementary School shooter is thanking first responders and the community for their support.