Three children and teacher killed in Oregon school shooting

We begin with a tragic headline that's become all too familiar across the country. Another mass shooting at a school, this time in Oregon. Three elementary school students and a teacher were shot and killed. It's hard to even say those words. The accused shooter also dead. Fox 2's Jessica Duthbeck has been tracking the latest developments all night. She joins us live in the newsroom. And Jess, you've been following this since it broke earlier tonight. It's unimaginable. Yeah, Rup, unfortunately the images that you're about to see are far too familiar for us. We did get our first batch of facts from law enforcement regarding what happened in, again, Bend, Oregon, earlier today. Now, we do know that the shooter is a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon resident. That is the town where this happened. Apparently, the 911 calls came in around 1 o'clock from someone who was sitting in a vehicle near Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. They said he was being shot at by a long gun. Then the shooter, the 16-year-old, shot his way inside of the school, shooting locked doors, making his way into the school. Unclear how far he got in, but he was able to cause some catastrophic damage. As you said, Roop, three young children ages 5, 8, and 11 years old killed along with a teacher, a 7-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher in critical condition right now at the hospital. Now, the heroic part of all of this is a bystander that was near the school when this all happened followed that shooter inside and engaged him in gunfire, eventually killing that shooter. Police arriving in just two minutes to assess the scene and get those children reunited with their parents hours later after making sure that the school was safe. Now, we did see some images earlier today, heartbreaking, watching those kids get off the bus, file off the bus into the arms of their parents. And we did hear from the superintendent of those schools, Steve Cook. Take a listen. No community should have to do what we're doing right now. I don't have any words for what this community is feeling right now. I don't think anyone does. We are heartbroken. We are horrified. This is the kind of thing you hear about in other places and pray that it never happens here. And it has happened here. And we know what it's like here in Metro Detroit, having dealt with several of these types of mass shootings. Now, a lot of questions remain. is that shooter related to the school in any capacity and of course how he got the long gun that he used in the shooting law enforcement keeping that information close to the vest tonight but we will continue to follow this story out of Oregon reporting live in the newsroom Jessica Dupnik Fox 2 News yeah and just sadly when we've seen young people go back into schools like this oftentimes there are ties to the school resentment anger whatever it may be uh this we don't know yet but right now i guess that's what investigators are trying to piece together That's right, Rupin. Several hours after this happened, around 1 o'clock today, federal investigators, the FBI, was there on scene joining hundreds of local law enforcement officials, and that will be part of it to see if there's anything, what's called leakage, any manifestos, anything that would indicate a motive here or if there was any early signifiers that this was going to happen. And, of course, that's what so many parents in that community want to know tonight. A difficult story for any parent, anyone in the community to hear, but certainly we're thinking of all of our friends and family members who, of course, live in Oxford. This can be so triggering, so hard to hear after hearing this terrible news out of Bend, Oregon. Jessica Dupnik will be checking in with you again tonight at 11. This story is obviously in its very early stages, and there are so many questions still unanswered at this hour. We're going to keep following all of this and keep you updated as soon as new information becomes available on air and also online at fox2detroit.com. If you go to the Fox local app right now, you'll see a lot of our continuing coverage. there right now. Another story we're following is...