Oregon primary school shooting: four killed, including three children

Four people, including a teacher and three children aged 5, 8 and 11, were killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US state of Oregon, local police say. The suspect, a 16-year-old, was also killed in the attack.

How the attack unfolded

Police said the suspect shot at locked doors to get into the school, and that an armed member of the community followed him inside the building and shot him.

Officers gave those details at a press conference. They said the four people killed at the school were a teacher and three children, aged 5, 8 and 11.

Two other victims, a 7-year-old child and another teacher, were hurt and taken to hospital in critical condition, police said.

What police have released so far

The details made public so far cover who was killed, how the suspect got into the school and how he died. The suspect was identified only as a 16-year-old, and the police statement did not set out a possible motive for the attack.

Five children in total were caught up in the shooting: three of those who died were aged 5, 8 and 11, and the child who was injured was 7. Two teachers were involved, one of whom was killed and the other injured.

Those who died were described in the account by their role and age rather than by name, and the armed community member who killed the suspect was not named either. Police said the two injured people were taken to hospital in critical condition.

Source: BBC World.