Three children and a teacher killed by 16-year-old at Oregon primary school

A 16-year-old fatally shot three children and a teacher at a primary school in the US state of Oregon before he was killed by a bystander.The unnamed attacker forced his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in the US city of Bend on Thursday afternoon by shooting at locked doors, police said.Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said the teen was shot dead by "a community member who had seen the suspect enter the school and pursued him into the school and engaged him".The three children killed were aged five, eight and 11. A seven-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to a hospital in a critical condition, police said. It is unclear if the assailant had any links to the school.ReutersThe suspected shooter was shot dead moments after local law enforcement arrived at the scene."We are stunned and heartbroken by this senseless tragedy," Bend-la-pine-schools" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="218347" data-entity-type="organization">Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said in a statement."No words can adequately express the grief our community is experiencing."Local law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, at 12:59 local time, Bend-police-department" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="218334" data-entity-type="organization">Bend Police Department spokeswoman Sheila Miller told reporters.