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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…

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Becky Drury, a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School, said her left hand was "almost completely severed" and her right arm was "severely injured."

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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.

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Teacher injured in elementary school shooting says she played dead after being shot

Becky Drury, a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School, said her left hand was "almost completely severed" and her right arm was "severely injured."

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