Two people critical in hospital as officials in Bend say 16-year-old suspect shot dead by bystander
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot dead by a community member, authorities said at an evening news conference.
The dead children at Silver Rail elementary school were aged five, eight and 11, officials said.
A seven-year-old and a 54-year-old were also hospitalized with critical injuries, according to police.
Just another day in America. Unfortunately.
Why can’t these fuckers decide to shoot a fucking billionaire or some politician? Why is it always a school and in most cases elementary ones?
Because they’re failures and failures seek easy targets.
Without knowing any details of this case and the actual situation that happened - at one point in time, a civilian with a firearm opened fire at another (minor) with a firearm because there was a possible danger scenario near a school. How did the “good guy” in this scenario know exactly that this was the right call to open fire, and not just another possible “good guy with a gun”?
In this case, he was evidently correct, well done! But it could easily have become a terrible blue-on-blue scenario as well.
To me, this single “good guy with a gun” scenario does not justify the fact that firearms are so widespread that the “bad guy” easily got his own, and became more deadly as a result.
the kid shot 4 people and you don’t understand why someone considered them a threat?
I agree that the good guy with a gun thing is generally a myth and usually causes more trouble than good, but in this case I don’t think it was a hard judgement call…
There is nothing we could do, says someone who hasn’t tried anything.
By the time officers arrived on scene, the suspected assailant had been shot and killed inside the school building. It is unclear who shot the suspect.
I suppose if you work in an elementary school these days, you know the Calvary isn’t coming in and you’re on your own. My guess is a teacher took down the shooter.
The price we pay for cosplaytriotism
So, good guy with gun stopped bad guy with gun?
Crossing your fingers and hoping for a good guy with a gun.
Sound strategy. Much smart.
Are you fishing for your cherry picked case that proves the premise you wanted in spite of the overwhelming evidence that contradicts it?
Is that not what happened here?
What about the hundreds of times that hasn’t happened? Or what about, if the “bad guy” didn’t have a gun 4 people wouldn’t be dead to begin with?
This narrative of “good guy with a gun” is so unbelievably rare, that when it happens, it’s actually noteworthy. You and your ilk love to hold it up to further your agenda. Neverminding the stacks and piles of bodies you’re stepping over to get to one example of “good guy with a gun”.
My ilk? Leftist gun owners? The solution you’re proposing is nobody has a gun. The genuine reality is, that’s never going to be the case in America.
I said ilk, I meant it.
Leftist can be gun owners, no problem with that, the problem is you’re not a leftist. You’re just a larper troll.
I mean, you can believe whatever you want regardless of it’s basis in reality I guess.
