A community grieves after a deadly school shooting in Oregon

NPR | By Emily Cureton Cook

Published October 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM EDT

The community in Bend, Ore., is reeling after a shooter killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school Thursday.

Emily Cureton Cook

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