Oregon school shooting: Friday afternoon updates

You know, we're going to talk now about this Oregon mass shooting, you know, never an easy thing to talk about. And it's just heartbreaking. So I'm sure by now you've heard about what happened in Oregon last night, a mass shooting at an elementary school. We have three children and a teacher are dead after authorities say that a 16-year-old went into the school and began shooting. We know that a bystander opened fire and killed the shooter, but just a devastating, devastating thing that happened there. So we're going to take you now live to Oregon. We have our Amalia Rory. She is going to give us an update about what's happening there. Amalia, what can you tell us? Hi, Olivia. As the morning goes on, I'm seeing more parents coming with their kids and leaving flowers, balloons at the site here at the school. I actually saw some parents earlier talking about how not knowing when they could get their kids things from their classrooms. So you have this community in mourning. Last night, there was a vigil where hundreds of people came. They prayed together and reflected on the attack that happened. We do know the ages of the three children who were killed, five, eight, and 11. And there's a teacher whose age we don't know yet. But there's still two people, a seven-year-old and a 54-year-old teacher in critical condition at the hospital. 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 and 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. A call came around one o'clock Thursday from someone outside Silver Rail Elementary School saying someone with a long gun was shooting at them. More calls followed from inside the school. Police arrived minutes later. And they found a suspect, a 16-year-old Bend resident, dead inside the school. They say the attacker shot at the locked doors to get into the building. Then a bystander saw the suspect going into the school, followed him, then shot and killed him shortly before authorities came. Yesterday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek thanked the Good Samaritan who stopped the attack. and to the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life your actions carry a heavy emotional burden and i just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well we don't know yet what the connection was between the shooter and the school but there are updates we are getting later today at 2 p.m local time olivia thank you so much for that update it's just so tragic and you know horrible to to be talking about this again another school shooting. What can you tell us about just the overall, I guess, emotion in that community there? You're on the ground. We're not. So kind of take us there and tell us just about how people are feeling. I mean, I imagine just heartbroken and devastated. It's sad to see. You see parents coming through with these long looks on their faces, going with their children. But it's unclear how much their kids actually really understand what's going on. They're coming with their flowers. Now, there's no school today across the entire school district. So you're also seeing parents walking by with their kids and a skateboard and toys and going to the park so it's this mix of you're seeing more community together but you see you see the weight that these parents are carrying yeah i mean it's just it's devastating um thank you for for that update certainly our thoughts and prayers are with that community um during this absolutely horrific time amalia roy live in oregon for us thank you so much