Officials identify 16-year-old John J. Griffin II as Bend, Oregon school shooter
The gist
Officials identified 16-year-old John J. Griffin II as the shooter who killed four at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.
The attack killed three children and a teacher.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2026A 16-year-old gunman shot through a locked door to enter Silver Rail Elementary around 1 p.m., killing three children ages 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher, and critically injuring a 7-year-old and a teacher; an armed bystander fatally shot the teen.
- Oct 16, 2026Officials identified the shooter as John J. Griffin II, 16, a former Silver Rail Elementary student living in Bend.
- Oct 16, 2026Police Chief Mike Krantz said the teen used a pump-action shotgun purchased by his mother and had been a special needs student at the school; police found about 44 remaining rounds of 12-gauge ammunition on him or in his backpack.