Superintendent calls Oregon elementary school shooting ’senseless tragedy’

NBC·October 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM+4

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Multiple victims have been reported after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said in a statement that the district is "stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy."

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