Mom of 5th-grade student recalls terrifying moment son texted her about deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school

NBC·October 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM+2

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The mother of a fifth-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son saying that there had been a shooting.

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