Three Minutes in Bend

It took three minutes. By the time police arrived at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, the shooter was already dead—but so were three children and a teacher. A 16-year-old forced his way into the school by shooting through locked doors, fired at a person in the parking lot, and then entered the building. A bystander followed him in and shot and killed the suspect. The entire sequence played out in roughly three minutes. The victims: a five-year-old, an eight-year-old, an 11-year-old, and a teacher. Two others—a seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher—were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. ABC's Trevor Alt reported from the scene that police had just completed a drill on how to respond to an active shooter. "This could have been even worse," officials said. The FBI has joined the investigation, but as of the broadcast, authorities had not disclosed any connection between the shooter and the school or a possible motive.