Schools in Bend, Oregon, will be closed on Friday after a 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in the city on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot dead by a community member.
How did he get in? Simple!
He shot his way through a locked gate into the school grounds and through locked doors to gain access to the premises, the authorities said.
The police did turn up eventually.
At 1.02pm, police responded to Silver Rail elementary school after receiving several reports about an active shooter. One 911 caller reported an individual armed with a long gun firing at their car.
By the time officers arrived on scene, the suspected assailant had been shot and killed by the bystander, who apprehended him inside.
See, when seconds count, the police really ARE only minutes away.
Gun control advocate Gabrielle Giffords, a former congresswoman who survived a mass shooting in 2011, said in a statement she was “heartbroken” by the shooting.“This cannot continue to be a reality in our country. Leaders at every level must step up and act,” Giffords said.
Leaders weren’t there, they never are - a citizen stepped up, with the means to stop it that you would deny to him if you could.
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