Bend reels after school shooting leaves 3 children, teacher dead

By Emily Cureton Cook (OPB), Jireh Deng (OPB), Joni Auden Land (OPB) and Courtney Sherwood (OPB)

Bend Oct. 16, 2026 4:08 a.m.

The suspected shooter was killed at the scene. Hundreds of people gathered to share songs and prayer at a vigil in Drake Park hours after Thursday’s shooting.