Teacher saved lives when she tackled gunman during Oregon school shooting, police say

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[0:01] Hi, thanks for being with us. A

[0:03] community in Oregon is reeling tonight

[0:05] after another school shooting in

[0:07] America, the 149th of the year. Parents

[0:10] and children in Bend, Oregon are in a

[0:12] state of shock after the shooting at

[0:14] Silver Rail Elementary School where

[0:16] three students and one teacher were

[0:18] killed. The school district

[0:20] superintendent described the mood a

[0:21] short time ago.

[0:23] >> Silver Rail families are showing our

[0:25] community

[0:27] how to wrap our arms

[0:31] around our children

[0:36] to comfort and love

[0:38] and remind them that the adults in their

[0:40] schools

[0:42] and in their lives deeply care about

[0:44] them.

[0:46] >> The gunman was killed in the shooting

[0:48] and has been identified as Griffin J.

[0:50] John II. Investigators say he attended

[0:53] the school previously. Sources say he

[0:55] targeted a special education classroom

[0:58] and used his mother's shotgun.

[1:01] Rome Summer was among the three children

[1:03] who were killed. He

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