Jireh Deng

Teacher Megan Lambert, 25, left, and kindergarten student Rhoam Summer, 5, both died in the Oct. 15, 2026, Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend, Ore. Police did not release the names of the other two boys, ages 8 and 11, who were killed.

Multiple people acted to stop suspected killer in fatal shooting at Bend grade school

Jireh Deng, Jen Baires, Holly Bartholomew, Joni Auden Land, Troy Brynelson, Dirk VanderHart, Bryce Dole, Amelia Templeton, Courtney Sherwood

Officials have named 5-year-old kindergartener Rhoam Summer and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert among the dead.

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz gets emotional while speaking during a press conference at Bend Municipal Court after an Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.

Law and Justice

Police share details about how the shooter at a Bend elementary school gained access

Jireh Deng, Courtney Sherwood, Troy Brynelson, Dirk VanderHart, Bryce Dole, Kyra Buckley

Police Chief Mike Krantz said the shooter scaled a fence around Silver Rail Elementary moments before the tragedy unfolded.

Candle wax melts onto an attendee’s finger during a vigil at Drake Park after three children and a teacher were killed in a mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore. on Oct. 15, 2026. The suspected shooter was a 16-year-old who entered the school and was killed by an armed bystander, bringing the total number of deaths to five.

Bend reels after school shooting leaves 3 children, teacher dead

Emily Cureton Cook, Jireh Deng, Joni Auden Land, Courtney Sherwood

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.

Immigration

Federal agents tear-gas Salem protestors after group blocked ICE vehicles, police say

Jireh Deng

On Saturday morning, ICE agents deployed tear gas in a confrontation with about 30 protesters after the group blocked ICE vehicles with their cars, according to local law enforcement.

A cloudy sky paves the way for rain and a steep drop in temperatures throughout Oregon during the first week of September 2026.

Weather

Cold front interrupts summer in Oregon, bringing showers and a steep drop in temperatures

Jireh Deng

Widespread rainfall should dampen fire risk, as a frost advisory has been issued for parts of Southern Oregon.