Gun violence, Terrorism and senseless killings!!

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Teen shooter who killed 4 at Oregon elementary school was a former student, police say

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/oregon-school-shooting-silver-rail-elementary-989180ae6e9aa2ed6a4239c8e3423085?

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🕯️ Oregon teacher prevented more deaths

Community members grieve at the site of a makeshift memorial in front of Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore. Photo: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an elementary school in Bend, Ore., then tackled and fought with him, likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said yesterday. City of Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz called the teacher's actions "heroic" during a news conference and said she wasn't injured. He identified the attacker as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II and said all of the victims were shot in the same classroom. John was once a special needs student at Silver Rail Elementary, authorities said, and he attacked a classroom with special needs students. Read more.

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Where the investigation stands

Days after a deadly elementary school shooting in Bend, Oregon, investigators are examining evidence recovered from the gunman’s home as questions about his motive remain unanswered. The 16-year-old shooter, a former student at Silver Rail Elementary, returned to the school and opened fire inside a special needs classroom on Thursday, killing three students and a teacher. Officials said he had previously attended special needs classes at the school, though it remains unclear whether he was once enrolled in the classroom he targeted.

+ Read more: Where the investigation stands

+ Four lives lost: What we know about the victims

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Can parents face charges for their child’s violent actions?

Investigators are still trying to determine how the 16-year-old behind last week’s deadly school shooting in Bend, Oregon, obtained a gun and ammunition — and whether his parents could be held responsible. Similar cases in Michigan and Georgia have recently established that parents can face criminal charges for shootings carried out by their children. The Bend shooting could become another test of how far that accountability extends.

+ Read more: Could the Oregon school shooter’s parents face charges?

+ Timeline: It took just 3 minutes. How the Bend school shooting unfolded

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5 people are shot in DC, including 1 killed at a gym, and then suspect kills himself

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man in a long-running dispute over the conditions of his penthouse condo shot and killed the building manager in a busy gym Thursday before fleeing and shooting four more people from his patio in just minutes, shocking a popular capital neighborhood and attracting a swarm of police officers.

https://apnews.com/article/dc-shooting-logan-circle-3cee6a4ada875fcc18e932e536c63dcd?

🚔 5 shot in D.C. gym attack, including 1 fatally

Metropolitan Police Department interim chief Jeffery W. Carroll speaks to the press this morning. Photo: Andrew Leyden/Getty Images A gunman killed one person and hurt four others in one of Washington, D.C.'s busiest neighborhoods today before fatally shooting himself, Axios D.C.'s Anna Spiegel reports. The assailant first killed one person inside VIDA Fitness, a popular gym in the Logan Circle area. He then fled the scene, shot four others, and barricaded himself in his own nearby apartment building. He later shot and killed himself. The gunman was identified as a medical doctor locked in a dispute with building management over mold and moisture problems in his seventh-floor unit, AP reports. Get the latest.

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D.C. gunman, victim identified

It took just minutes for a gunman to shoot five people and upend one of D.C.'s busiest neighborhoods yesterday morning, Axios D.C.'s Anna Spiegel writes.

• What we know: Interim police chief Jeffery W. Carroll identified the suspect as 55-year-old Matt Wade Lambert, an emergency room doctor who lived in the apartment building connected to VIDA Fitness. The man killed was 46-year-old James Stuart, the building's manager and a Northwest D.C. resident, Carroll said.

Police believe the shooting was linked to an ongoing dispute between Lambert and his condominium association. Lambert had been fighting the association over alleged leaks and mold, per court records. He filed a lawsuit against the group in March 2025.

• Months later, he told now-Washington Sun reporter Michael Brice-Saddler that he'd spent nearly $200,000 on legal and engineering fees. In those interviews, Lambert said he knew Stuart's daily gym routine.

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