At least two people were hospitalized Thursday following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the attacker was shot and killed, authorities said.
“We don’t have a number at this point. We know children are among the victims,” Communications Manager for the Bend Police Department Sheila Miller said.
Authorities received a call about a shot fired into a car outside Silver Rail Elementary at 12:59 p.m. and arrived on scene within minutes. Further 911 calls came from inside the school, she said.
The suspect was shot shortly after, though Miller said she didn’t know if it was by police or a bystander.
The conditions of those injured were not immediately known.
Agents from the FBI’s Portland bureau are at the scene assisting local authorities in the investigation, FBI Director Kash Patel said on X.
“We will make every resource they need available,” he said.
At least one agent was on the scene at Silver Rail Elementary this afternoon, and more are on the way.
Federal law enforcement officials say the Oregon State Police may become the lead agency in the investigation.
Gov. Tina Kotek said she is “closely monitoring the situation at Silver Rail Elementary.”
“I am grateful to the first responders who are on the scene. I will share as I learn more,” she said.
Spokespeople for the city and police department did not immediately return emails seeking comment from The Associated Press.
Silver Rail Elementary was under lockdown, the Bend-La Pine school district wrote on Facebook.
“We’re in the process at this time of going room by room and evacuating each of the people who are in that school. … This is the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend. It’s devastating,” Miller said, pausing to control her emotions.
The school in Bend, Oregon, which is more than 100 miles southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students as of last year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The school serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
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