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When Violence Comes Close to Home

The collective trauma of a school shooting and what happens to a community when the unthinkable becomes personal
by Shanti O'Connor

There are moments when the world we thought we understood suddenly fractures. A school shooting is one of those moments. Schools are places where children are supposed to learn, grow, and imagine their futures. They are places where parents entrust their most precious beings to the care of others, believing they will return home safely […]

Posted inLocal News

Local Students Stage Mass Walkout Against Gun Violence 

More than 300 young adults packed the sidewalks around Peace Corner in downtown Bend on Monday afternoon
Avatar photo by Dallas Finn Calvert

–Update: This story was updated at 4pm Oct. 27, adding details about four tickets issued to drivers around the protest. Approximately 300 young adults filled the four corners of Wall Street and Newport Avenue Monday afternoon, while many more in vehicles circled the downtown core, hanging out car windows, standing in truck beds, screaming and […]

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‘I’m Just a Carpenter from Bend’: Father Who Killed Silver Rail School Shooter Grapples With the Aftermath

In an exclusive interview with OPB, Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage school shooter at Silver Rail Elementary, shares what he wants people to know about his experience. OPB granted the Source permission to reprint the interview.
by Emily Cureton Cook and Jen Baires, OPB

Kaylub Giamanco woke up and got his kids ready for school that Thursday like it was any other day. The family made breakfast and packed lunches. He and his wife spent a little extra time dressing up their two girls because Oct. 15 was picture day at Silver Rail Elementary. Giamanco dropped the girls off […]

Posted inLocal News

District Asks Families to Complete Survey on Return to School for Silver Rail Community

BLPS solicits ideas for a “safe, thoughtful transition back to school”
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Bend-La Pine Schools is asking families and staff to share their thoughts about what a return to learning for Silver Rail Elementary School students could look like. On Thursday, Bend-La Pine Schools issued an update about its return-to-school process for the school community that was rocked by a deadly shooting that killed three students and […]

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“Never Experienced a Family Assistance Center Like This.” 

Multitude of resources offer services, meals and a space to connect for Silver Rail Elementary School students, families and staff
Avatar photo by Dallas Finn Calvert

Local businesses and other organizations banded together recently to quickly establish a temporary assistance center for families and staff affected by the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting on Oct. 15. Officials at Wednesday night’s Bend City Council meeting described how several local entities swiftly collaborated to create a “phenomenal” space in Bend at which Silver […]

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Marked Increase in Interest for Concealed Handgun Licenses, Sheriff’s Office Says

Since the Silver Rail tragedy, applications have doubled the number for the entire last quarter.
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a marked increase in the number of people interested in getting a concealed handgun license, the office said Thursday. Since the Oct. 15 shootings at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, in which a father of two students entered the school and shot the assailant with a legally […]

Posted inLocal News

Teaching Assistant: “I Was Shot Before I Had Any Chance to Act.” 

Silver Rail shooting victim Becky Drury opens up about what happened in her classroom Oct. 15
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Becky Drury, the Silver Rail Elementary School educational assistant who suffered injuries in the October 15 shooting, is opening up about her memories of that fateful afternoon. Drury was one of two people rushed to the hospital immediately following the shooting, suffering gunshots to her left hand and right arm. In a statement Tuesday, Drury’s […]

Posted inLetters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor, Week of Oct. 22, 2026

Readers share their thoughts on the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary
by The Source Staff

Guest Opinion: When trauma hits close, everyone feels it by Edie Jones All of us in Central Oregon have felt the impact of the terrible shooting that took place at the Silver Rail Elementary School. When trauma hits close, everyone feels it.  The classmates of the victims and the teachers who shielded kids, risking their […]

Posted inColumns

The Kids We Tuck Away

We built a system that isn’t designed for children who struggle
by Mary Casanave Sheridan

This week I’m setting my regular content aside to talk about something close to my heart, and close to this community. My heart is with everyone affected by the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School last Thursday. I knew Griffin J. John II, the shooter, a little, through a special education program at Silver Rail […]

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