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Tears Keep Coming: Silver Rail Parents, Children, Community Process Shooting as Memorial Grows Saturday

An investigation into a deadly shooting is continuing inside Silver Rail Elementary. Outside, the community is paying tribute to the victims.

by Clayton Franke October 17, 2026October 22, 2026

In the second full day since a 16-year-old gunman shot and killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, dozens of people visited a memorial to pay their respects, piling flowers, stuffed animals, candles, posters and balloons near a sign at the entrance to the school’s parking lot. Blue paper hearts […]

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Fundraisers Bring in Hundreds of Thousands for Injured 7-Year-Old in Silver Rail Shooting

Over $600K raised for student; another $36,000 raised for injured teacher

by Nicole Vulcan October 17, 2026October 17, 2026

Two fundraisers aimed at raising funds for the 7-year-old girl injured in the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend have brought in hundreds of thousands as of Saturday. “Saylor Graham is a 7-year-old little girl, daughter, sister, and niece (sic) with a fierce determination to thrive,” reads a GoFundMe page set […]

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Bend-La Pine Schools Closed Through Tuesday as Community Grieves Shooting Deaths

Silver Rail Elementary will remain closed until further notice

by Clayton Franke October 17, 2026October 22, 2026

Bend-La Pine Schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday in the aftermath of the Oct. 15 shooting at a southeast Bend elementary school that left three children and a teacher dead, the district announced Friday evening. That doesn’t include Silver Rail Elementary, where the shooting occurred. The school is still the site of an […]

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Hundreds Seek Emotional Support After School Shooting as Bend Community Grapples with Fear, Grief

Clinics look to quell long-lasting psychological effects of the violence

by Clayton Franke October 16, 2026October 22, 2026

A mother’s eyes welled up as she watched her young daughter pet a golden retriever outside of the Bend Central Library Friday afternoon — about 24 hours after three children and an educator were shot and killed in an elementary school classroom in southeast Bend. As details emerged — and questions remained — about the […]

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Silver Rail Elementary School Shooter Identified as Griffin John; Father Who Intervened is Kaylub Giamanco

John killed four in a special-needs classroom — the same department where he was once a student. When he attacked, a brave parent stepped in.

by Peter Madsen October 16, 2026October 20, 2026

Authorities have identified Griffin J. John II as the suspect in the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School that resulted in the deaths of three children and a teacher, and the critical injuries of another teacher and student. Speaking at a press conference Friday afternoon at Bend Municipal Court, Bend Police Chief Mike […]

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City, State, Faith Leaders Speak at Vigil for Shooting Victims

Two events Friday are aimed at crisis support, following the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary

by Nicole Vulcan October 15, 2026October 15, 2026

A Redmond teacher held a candle near the front of the stage at Bend’s Drake Park Thursday night, scrawling “Please protect our children” onto the pavers with sidewalk chalk. “This could have been us,” the teacher cried out, in between speakers on the stage. She declined to provide her name. Hundreds of people descended on […]

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Leaders Call for Action in Wake of Silver Rail Shooting

“Our babies are supposed to do arts and crafts at school, not use their desks as cover from gunfire.”

by Nicole Vulcan October 15, 2026October 16, 2026

Details about the shooting that included at least two victims at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend are still emerging, renewing calls from state, local and national leaders for an end to gun violence. Bend Police responded to the school just after 1pm Oct. 15. The assailant was dead, police said. Two others, an adult […]

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Police Respond to Active Shooter at Silver Rail Elementary; Five People Dead, Including Three Children

Three children, a teacher and the alleged assailant are dead; crisis counselors available to public on Friday at Central Library

by Clayton Franke, Dallas Finn Calvert, Nicole Vulcan and Peter Madsen October 15, 2026October 16, 2026

Police responded to an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary in southeast Bend, according to an alert police sent out Thursday afternoon. Five people are dead, including three children, a teacher and the 16-year-old male shooter, according to Mike Krantz, Bend Police chief, who spoke at a 5:30 pm press conference Thursday at Bend City […]

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Children’s Museum to Open in Bend Central District

Leaders say the museum’s first brick-and-mortar location could help revitalize a planned urban core in Bend

by Clayton Franke October 14, 2026October 15, 2026

A non-profit plans to open the doors of a new children’s museum in the Bend Central District in 2027, after two years running mobile pop-up events. With its new brick-and-mortar location, the Children’s Museum of Central Oregon is also rebranding itself as Ruckus: A Children’s Science Museum. The new name is a nod to […]

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Lawsuit Claims Pedestrian Death in Tumalo is Deschutes County’s Fault

A test of discretionary immunity will decide whether the case has merit

by Peter Madsen October 14, 2026October 13, 2026

A sunset reunion of two high school sweethearts was cut short last December in Tumalo in a pedestrian-driver crash, according to a wrongful death lawsuit. Filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Oct. 2, the lawsuit asserts that Deschutes County is to blame for letting the markings of a busy crosswalk across Cook Avenue in […]

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