Oregon elementary school teen gunman fired his moms shotgun at truck before rampage that left 3 kids, teacher dead: report

The Oregon teen who burst into an elementary school, killing three students and a teacher, used his mom’s shotgun to fire at a pickup truck before his deadly rampage, according to a report.The unidentified 16-year-old shooter, a Bend resident, was heading towards Silver Rail Elementary School just before 1 p.m.Thursday when he was spotted by a man driving a red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in the school’s parking lot, the Bend Source reported.The boy was armed with a long gun, which a law enforcement source speaking on the condition of anonymity later told the Associated Press that the weapon was a pump-action shotgun his mom had bought. The teen opened fire at the truck after the driver confronted him, shattering the rear window and leaving at least six large bullet holes in the car.The boy then allegedly threw his weapon over a fence before jumping over onto the school’s property, while the man in the car called emergency dispatchers to report he had been “shot at multiple times by a person with a long gun.”The shooter then picked his weapon up and fired several shots at the locks – breaking his way into the school, which serves children in kindergarten through fifth grade.Cops arrived within three minutes of the first 911 call, but three kids, of the ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher were fatally shot.

Another child, 7, and teacher, 54, were hospitalized in critical condition.The boy was “shot by a community member who had seen [him] enter the school, pursued him into the school, and engaged him,” Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz told reporters at a press conference Thursday.  Authorities didn’t say if the shooter had previously attended the school, if he knew his victims or if the heroic bystander who stopped the teen had a concealed weapons permit.The shotgun was purchased by the boy’s mom, a law enforcement source briefed on the shooting said.In Oregon, a person must be 18 to buy rifles and shotguns and 21 to purchase a handgun.Those under 18...