Several people were murdered at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Two people are hospitalized. The suspect was shot and killed. Only 25 of the 197 school districts in Oregon ban staff from carrying guns, and the attack occurred in one of those 25 school districts. The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates completed a survey in August 25th that showed voters by a 51.4% to 35.7% margin support armed teachers, parents with children in K-12 support by an even larger 57.3% to 30.2% margin.
Police received a call about a shot fired into a car just before 1 p.m. local time, Miller said. Police arrived within three minutes and quickly received word the shooter was dead. Miller said it was not clear who shot and killed the suspect, saying it “may have been a bystander.”
No further information on the suspect was provided.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency’s local office was on scene and assisting local law enforcement. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was also on scene to assist local authorities, including the Oregon State Police, a law enforcement source said. . . .
Oregon § 166.370(1), (3)(g). Allow anyone to carry on school grounds if they have a concealed carry license. In 2021, Oregon allowed school districts to ban staff from carrying at school. As of 2022, about 25 districts (such as Klamath Falls, Myrtle Point, Tillamook, Pendleton, Tigard-Tualatin, Lake Oswego, and Woodburn) adopted the ban. Dirk Vanderhart. “Oregon lets schools ban guns on campus, but few districts have made that choice.” OPB. May 31, 2022. There are 197 school districts in Oregon. There are 172 other school districts with a total of 947 schools.
Yes. Bend is served by the Bend-La Pine School District, which adopted such a ban (one of the roughly 25 districts that had done so as of the May 31, 2022, OPB article).
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