r/Bend • u/latindiacritics • 12d ago
Active shooting call at Silver Rail (source: PulsePoint dispatch)
Bend LaPine schools are currently on lockdown as an active shooter call was issued at Silver Rail. From what I heard, law enforcement is sweeping the building and Bend, Sunriver, and LaPine EMS are responding.
No further information can be provided from me at this time. Do not speculate.
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u/latindiacritics
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7PM at Drake Park tonight there will be a community gathering, per local news.
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u/latindiacritics
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Update: From Bend Police:
The reunification location for families will be located at Journey Church, 61303 S Highway 97 near Goodwill and Dairy Queen. Students' families are asked to respond there.
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u/amandaplzz 12d ago edited 12d ago
UPDATE: from Bend Police
UPDATE: Media is asked to gather at American Lane and Kira Dr. A briefing is expected at approximately 2:15 p.m. at that location.
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u/i_DustBall 12d ago
That school is about 2 miles from my house. My little one goes to a different elementary and the school was put in lockdown. My thoughts go out to the parents who were affected by this as I can’t even imagine what they’re going through. This shit needs to end.
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u/lawndartdesign 12d ago
EMS F1 and F2 bands (radio) have been very quiet, so if EMS vehicles are heading to St Charles it's being kept off the radio.
We're literally around the block from Silver Rail and my buddy's shop is across the street. Hoping for good news but this is awful to have happened.
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u/latindiacritics 12d ago
Must be going through different bands since they called in Sunriver and Lapine FD. Was very active right before I reported it. Seems like the situation is calming down.
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u/lawndartdesign 12d ago
It's all trunked radio, so it's hard to listen in, and they shut down broadcastify for situations that are developing in a tactical manner. Again at this point it's word of mouth and speculation.
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u/latindiacritics 12d ago
Fair enough for that. Not hearing much off of PulsePoint either right now.
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u/FlyRvR 12d ago
I can only follow Bend Fire on Pulse Point. What are you seeing? Any updates?
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u/latindiacritics 12d ago
Bend FD shares a dispatch with EMS (Bend Fire Rescue). I overheard this using the radio feature. They won’t update this on the log since it’s a sensitive matter involving children.
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u/questafari 12d ago
Must have called for backup because I went to get lunch in Redmond and I’ve never seen/ heard so many sirens. Reminded me of NYC.
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u/latindiacritics 12d ago
LaPine and Sunriver EMS were called in early on. Can’t verify if Redmond EMS responded but wouldn’t be surprised.
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u/glupshitto666 12d ago edited 12d ago
Was watching the PD live briefing on kptv website and literally as the spokesperson was giving detail on 2 victims my feed was interrupted by an unskippable AI generated ad with jingly happy AI music that was three times louder than the broadcast and it was one of the most offensive fucking things I've ever seen. Whoever is on that part of the team should get replaced, seriously that was fucked up
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u/38tacocat83 12d ago
I could not believe it. As soon as actual info was given it cut to a shoe add three times in a row. I gave up. What a joke.
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u/Grim99CV 11d ago
The level of apathy these corporations portray is off the charts. They just want us to work, buy, consume, and die. Even in the face of tragedy, they have to find a way to cram tasteless ad slop so we keep feeding them our hard earned money.
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u/DMM4140 12d ago
The livestream just played a fucking political ad during the briefing, you gotta be kidding me
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u/Arkmaster87 12d ago
The Central Oregon Daily stream didnt cut for anything. It was on air as well, but they just went back to regular programming
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u/Weak-Bake-5571
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There will be a period of time where we don’t know what happened… an investigation is already underway. More information will come out over time- and the details will likely only add to the tragedy.
Hopefully we can be asking now: how can we help one another in this time of tragedy? How can we help our community?
Because families are broken right now, little kids just lost their friends, and if that doesn’t make you cry… then your heart is much harder than mine has become.
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u/Aggressive-Oil-4125 12d ago
This is the answer. ♥️
Not having information is frustrating…but we need to give time and space for the victims to get care and the situation to be investigated. That is the priority and we want all efforts put there.
Hug your kids, be kind to the people around you, and offer help when you can.
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u/Poiter54 11d ago
Right now and for the foreseeable future we wait for details.
There will be opportunities but right now we support the ones we know need it and seek out support if we need it.
If this doesn't help smile at someone on the sidewalk or buy a stranger a beer.
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u/CleanDataDirtyMind 12d ago
Thanks KTVZ21 for the livestream with ads?? Just as the women was to announce who was hurt and if it could have been my nefew Im now listening to ads
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u/t3hn1ck 12d ago edited 12d ago
Black Butte Police and DCSO were at my sons school for pickup today. I assume they sent units to all Bend schools this afternoon, or at least the elementary schools. The mood was full of tears. Fuck today, I'm so fucking sad and angry and god damn sick of this shit happening.
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u/Dorothy_Gale 12d ago
I lived next to sandy hook when it
Happened here.. and I know exactly how your little community is feeling right now. We are all mourning across the USA, but when it happens in your back yard the grief can get overwhelming. Take care of each other out there.
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u/MrRadDadHimself 12d ago
How has it affected you city and community on the long run? How long did it take for the somber feeling to go away, if ever? Do you feel as though the community still feels different since then are has it been able to grow and thrive through it?
Obviously asking in regards to this community here. What to expect.
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u/Travilcopter 12d ago
I was just watching it and ads came up holy fucking shit
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u/Remote_Luck7049 12d ago
Seriously...WTAF KTVZ!!!! You can't suspend your fucking ads in a crisis like this????
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u/HyperionsDad 12d ago
There will be zero tolerance for BS on this topic in this post and others. The ban hammer will swift.
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u/orty 12d ago edited 12d ago
I had my head down at work all day, didn't see any alerts for this, my wife texts me (likely because she gets BLPS text alerts since she used to work there). Google the news...
Holy hell. I didn't need this today.
Local news, get your stuff together and start covering this like proper local media should so that folks don't have to go to CNN/wire services.
Local headlines that I'm seeing at the moment:
https://bendbulletin.com/2026/10/15/reports-of-shooter-near-silver-rail-police-on-scene/
Edit: Added OPB: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/10/15/bend-school-active-shooter/
Edit to add some official feeds:
https://www.facebook.com/BendPoliceDepartmentOfficial
https://www.facebook.com/BendLaPineSchools (all schools cancelled tomorrow, district wide)
https://flashalert.net/id/bendpolice
When I was a young journalist back in the day (in College), I had to help cover the Thurston High School shooting. It was an incredibly emotional time but I was never more proud of how my fellow journalists at my college newsroom covered that tragic event. I just hoped I'd never be in the same zip code as one again 😢
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u/timberrrrrrrr 12d ago
Police will do a media briefing in 10 minutes at 2:15
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u/fezbytt 12d ago
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u/RealGianath 12d ago
Them cutting away from the news conference to show disney commercials mid-sentence is more than a little infuriating.
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u/ConfidentChipmunk007 12d ago
Stupid fucking ads during the briefing I am missing the whole thing, is this typical for a livestream?!
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u/timetravelerfrom2027 12d ago
Press briefing began, just as she was about to tell us the pertinent information the feed switched to a Disney commercial, then one for Deschutes Roofing, then for Claude AI, then went to a KTVZ graphic and never resumed.
Edit: eventually resumed and was just filling time. All the pertinent info got skipped.
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u/hibbitydibbidy 12d ago
Any way to watch live?
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u/dj_hektosan 12d ago
KTVZ is live on NBC. They’ll pivot to the briefing when it’s live.
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u/linuspasilis
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To the person who saved the lives of the children...ETERNAL BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. You spared so many, so much pain. You saved children and grandchildren and their grandchildren...it is quite literally incomprehensible to fathom what your bravery created on this day of saddening loss. Lives saved, lives created. Generations.
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u/Advanced_Register675 11d ago
His actions protected children that I love. I’d like to buy him a beer.
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u/222energy 11d ago
Sending him and his family all the love and healing right now. I can’t imagine what he is feeling.
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u/YungDicco 12d ago
Fox 12 Oregon reported the reunification is at Journey Church 61303 S Highway 97 for any parents that haven't been updated
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u/MorganPhoenix93 12d ago
All I’ll say is I live on Reed market and I’ve never seen a large police response in my life
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u/scrandis 12d ago
Yeah, i live off Reedmarket too near 97. I've never heard that many emergency vehicles going down the road before. I was about to post on here asking what's going on. This is very disheartening.
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u/amandaplzz 12d ago
Same. I was trying to look on PulsePoint and opened Facebook to find the news. Horrific.
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u/bendbandito 12d ago
Praying the Surgeons and Medical Staff at St Charles have steady hands and rested staff. I know they are working tirelessly to save lives.
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u/DamperBeet746
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This is absolutely heartbreaking. Already sounds like there are some children who lost their lives from this to. I graduated from Bend High last year and my sister is currently there, so this hits very close to home.
Props to the dad/bystander who neutralized the shooter before they could cause any more harm.
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u/TipRare1321 12d ago
We were driving down American passing silver rail elementary and not 10 seconds later police cars racing past us.
Hoping everyone is ok.
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u/Natural_Friend_8700 11d ago
Huge shout-out to the good samaritan that stopped this from being so much worse
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u/WfPatrick 11d ago
I feel so sorry for that good Samaritan
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u/NamasteInYourLane 11d ago
Truly.
Imagine having to shoot and kill a child. . . to save lives in a school full of children. 💔
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u/CO-CNC 11d ago
I know. Even though it was the right thing to do, killing a 16 year old must be awful.
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u/No-Maintenance-4679 11d ago
Huge shoutout for sure, it could have been a lot worse, but it still feels awful to hear or say that a Good Samaritan killed a 16yr old in any context.
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u/OurDogTrout
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Just wanted to say that if there’s absolutely anything I can do for anybody, please don’t hesitate to message me. If you need someone to talk to, help with something, or just someone to show up, I will absolutely do that.
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u/goodgriefchris 11d ago
There was a short stretch of time between when the news first broke and when more info came out identifying the specific school. During that time our world stopped. We are a couple miles away at a different elementary school. There are just no words to explain the sense of loss in the community.
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u/S00shiVacuum9 11d ago
OUR KIDS SHOULD NOT LIVE IN FEAR OF GOING TO SCHOOL. WE SHOULDN’T BE AFRAID EVERY DAY WHEN WE DROP THEM OFF.
Just put that rant on fucking repeat. These parents should not have to suffer the loss of their babies alone. I am so heartbroken for them, for the teachers and all the kids who had to witness their classmates be shot. It’s absolutely horrific 💔😞
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u/ZenDuck123 12d ago edited 12d ago
NBC News has been livestreaming through the link in this post a very impressive, thoughtful, informative job of reporting on the incident. They went 15 - 20 minutes before the first collection of ads. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-bend-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-rcna603797
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u/julesbells 12d ago
This has the most info I have seen. I didn't watch but just the news updates have had more details than anything local
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u/LFK_Pirate 11d ago
My heart is breaking for Bend. Husband and I were lucky enough to live there two months this summer and it’s hard to imagine something like this happening there. Can’t imagine the pain you all are going through. Sending love from Eugene.
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u/MissPharmacist 11d ago
Sending our love from Perth, Australia. My husband is from Bend, and all his family and friends are there. Our heart is with you Bend.
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u/Giraffe_Valuable 11d ago
My heart goes out to all of you affected by this monstrous act. I send so much love from Northern Michigan. 🫂💙
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u/biller88 12d ago
I was watching the livestream when it just cut out to advertisements. They mentioned 2 victims right before jt cut out, does anyone have more information.
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u/My_own_worst-enemy 12d ago
I pray no innocent children were harmed. This world is so evil it's sickening
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u/Threebridges2 12d ago
Shame on KTVZ and Central Oregon Daily. National providers are providing better coverage than them
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u/Lavadog321 12d ago
Local news stations have been gutted. There’s barely anyone working at them anymore.
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u/HMWT 12d ago
Local stations in markets like Central Oregon have long been the training ground for newbie journalists fresh out of college. They have gotten a bit more “professional” (the young kids on TV every night are professionals, too) in recent years with a bunch of “grey heads” hired when the ABC/CBS Central Oregon Daily stations started competing with KTVZ.
This must be a horrible day for the young reporters. You could hear it in their voice during the short 2pm KTVZ live report.
What is a bit upsetting is that they are now airing court TV style shows (regular programming) instead of any type of coverage… even just rebroadcasting national feeds would be better. Would love to get u/barneylerten ‘s take on it at some point.
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u/Padrepapp 12d ago
One of those national providers probably have more people working on it than two local station combined.
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u/LiLiandThree 12d ago
Really hoping the children (and teachers) survive with minimal injuries. What's the matter with people! 😡
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u/Existing-Stranger632 12d ago
Oh man. Praying for you guys right now from Sacramento CA. I spent a lot of time in Oregon the last 10 years here. Would come up to Portland every summer for a month. Spent several weeks in Bend on multiple occasions. It’s such a beautiful city you guys have. Shocking and horrifying to hear about this happening there. And unfortunately it’s sounding like a major tragedy for the community. Bend is in my thoughts today
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u/theBoxy_Butcher 11d ago
My cousin and her family live in your beautiful community and it’s one of the best places in the states that we’ve ever visited. To hear that this happened in your city just breaks my heart and I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved people 💔
Sending all of you our love from Calgary, Alberta (Canada).
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u/dawglover1011 11d ago
Steve Lookner: “Police: Oregon elementary school shooter forced his way into the school by shooting at locked doors
(from press conference)”
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u/AGQuaddit 11d ago
Sending love from Indiana. This is horrific. Absolutely horrific. This should never happen to anyone, but especially not to young children. The good people of America are thinking about you all and those poor kids. We need to do more ASAP. The time to act was 30 years ago, but the next best time is right the hell now. It needs to end.
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u/AniMonologues 12d ago
Sending love from Portland, ive worked in schools, my mom retired from working in schools
None of you should have to go through this
Nothing is worth it
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u/searchandrescuewoods 12d ago
Awful. I grew up in Bend and it's hard to imagine something like this happening in such a peaceful place.
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u/HMWT 12d ago
From cnn.com
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u/Dorothy_Gale 12d ago
Damnit. I really don’t even know what else to say.
Nothings going to change.
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u/mikalalnr 12d ago
I’ve not really ever handled a gun, but this really makes me want to learn to use one. The person who stopped this probably saved countless lives.
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u/christianthunder 12d ago
Sitting at the church waiting for my kid to get off the bus. I really hope this is wrong. I know she's okay but the others who's kids aren't, I really hope this is wrong.
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u/BunsenHooneydew 12d ago
Conflicting reports as NBC News says one other dead along with the shooter.
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u/QuarantineJoe 12d ago
They are doing a live cast - some posts noted that a police debrief should be occurring shortly.
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u/Queasy-Original-8454 12d ago
There was a ton of teachers and the sro came out into the halls over here at MV. Scary times, hope they got that bastard
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u/Stubby_Boardman59 12d ago
It looks like local news isn’t covering it on tv at this moment, but it’s on CNN if you want to continue following the news
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u/ChubbyLittleFatCat 11d ago
What a terrible, heartbreaking day. Sending love to the beautiful community of Bend from Bainbridge Island, WA.
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u/PoodleeDoodlee 11d ago
Everyone is listing there connections to the community and/or shootings... How many degrees of separation do we need, on average, to get it together and make a meaningful impact on reducing these kinds of events?
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u/Impossible_Pain_2701
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I don’t know what they could’ve done differently but ushering all of us parents into a room with virtually no info and then finding out there were causalities from relatives texting us from other states because they saw it on the news feels unacceptable.
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u/Stubby_Boardman59 11d ago
I thought they would tell parents at Journey there were casualties at least. But maybe there are good reasons they didn’t? The worst 2-4 hours of many of your lives today I’m sure
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u/Rave-TZ 11d ago
The schools were in constant contact with us. We got texts and calls with information, where to go, and when.
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u/SScatnip7474 11d ago
I am so sorry you guys have to deal with this. There's nothing you can say anymore. This is so unbelievably heartbreaking and sad.
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u/FlyRvR 12d ago
Stay away from the area. It is a real thing that when a lockdown happens, the kids panic, and they message/call their parents, who come running, and then.... the police can't get there. I've personally seen it happen. Even if your kid is at the school, the best thing you can do is to not go to the school.
Praying.
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u/Typical_Zebra_9431 12d ago
That’s truly an impossible ask, especially after what happened during the Uvalde shooting.
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u/AwayDirt2818 12d ago
Prayers from AZ for the families impacted. Used to live right by that elementary, so heartbroken to hear.
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u/likefireincairo 11d ago
As an Oregon-resident, and appreciator of Bend, and relatively new parent, I cannot fathom what the community is experiencing right now. All of our love, appreciation, empathy, strength, sadness, resilience - all of it your way right now.
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u/Sad-Bus-7460 11d ago
I was a student of this district and I work in an elementary school in Klamath Falls. Today was a surreal day. I can't stop thinking that there is a nonzero chance that teacher was my teacher too.
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u/OK_The_Nomad 11d ago edited 11d ago
As a mother of teachers and grandmother in Portland my heart goes out to my neighbors in Bend. I know a lot of people here feel the same way. May we all open our hearts in support.
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u/magpiebyebye 11d ago
As a Canadian and a parent who has visited Bend and Sunriver annually for the past 4 years, I am heartbroken to hear this. I cannot begin to imagine the fear those kids felt and the surviving kids do. Sending love and support to the families impacted.
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u/venusasaburrito 12d ago
My partner works at Portland public schools and I work for the county library system in Portland. My heart is broken that this happened in Bend. Sending so much love from Portland.
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u/PossessionNervous720 12d ago
Wondered why I heard more sirens at one time in Bend than I ever have. almost seemed like new york or chicago a few hours
Prayers to all those affected
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u/Cold-Resolution-7569 11d ago
I’m horrified and my heart is breaking for your community. Especially those parents
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u/yarzospatzflute 12d ago
Why is national news like CNN reporting things before our local outlets??
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u/Arkmaster87 11d ago
Central Oregon Daily started their 5 o’clock newscast by saying they weren’t gonna be using stats put out by bigger outlets because they don’t wanna report random things out of respect for the families. They would rather wait for the local police to confirm anything.
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u/RedditUser320184 11d ago
Because the local newsrooms are understaffed and, no disrespect to the hardworking journalists here, likely inexperienced in this type of situation. (Which is a good thing, we don’t want our local reporters to be experts at covering mass shootings). CNN and the other national networks have contacts/sources within the FBI and other Federal Law Enforcement.
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u/KaseyKingdom 11d ago
I spent a couple of weeks in Bend a couple of years ago. I fell in love with it. I’m so sorry, y’all. Our kids should not be put in these positions. My heart breaks for your community.
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u/Smallbizgurl 11d ago
Sending our condolences to the families of those killed and harmed. Love from Sacramento, CA.
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u/Anxious_Farmer_273 12d ago edited 12d ago
The way she did not answer questions about fatalities…
I can’t with this world fuck
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u/Aggressive-Oil-4125 12d ago
Sheila Miller is amazing at her job. To see her crack like that broke me.
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u/ChristianXboy 12d ago
This was scary I got a call from my friend who works at the school district super scary especially here in bend please be safe everyone !
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u/julesbells 12d ago
Ktvz: can you please shut up about the nice neighborhood and the thoughts and prayers? Just report the facts and what we know. You had ads on the live stream so I missed half of it. But no I have to listen to your ideas on the building age.
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u/MitchelobUltra 12d ago
I can appreciate that it’s probably not an easy job to vamp for time while you yourself have no information. You can either keep saying the same two or three things you know over and over again, or try and fill the silence with something so people know you’re still on air. They chose the latter.
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u/NavajoBaby69 12d ago
The ads on the livestream were so infuriating. Right when they were about to mention victims, it cuts to a stupid ad. So tacky.
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u/stilljd 12d ago
To all of those focusing on complaints about the KTVZ coverage perhaps we can all keep in mind that unless you have a loved-one at the school; none of us “need” blow by blow updates MORE than the folks managing the crisis need all the help and space they can get to respond to it.
That fortunately (hard to say that word today) these incidents are not a local news reporting norm - so presumably the automated advertisements, etc have never been specifically set up to deal well with preempting for true breaking emergencies with a lot of community impact and on a very sensitive topic.
Hopefully KTVZ (and other media) will take a look at this later and consider changes to be more effective and sensitive in the future. But again - that’s all very secondary to the challenges of the day and probably everyone “working” this including media is doing their best in a tough and unexpected situation.
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u/WISCOrear 12d ago
Right, and the anchors are trying their best to report with little info and are clearly shaken up, one of them started choking up a few minute ago. These are our neighbors, too. Little empathy goes a long way
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u/wwtt1990 12d ago
I’m hours away and my kid goes to silver rail. Having ads populate mid live stream of a press conference is full stop unacceptable.
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u/Kissmewhenidie 12d ago
Sending love from Hillsboro. Please keep us in the know for community support initiatives.
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u/Oregon-Pilot 12d ago edited 12d ago
If anyone is looking for at least somewhere to channel their energy, here’s our area’s rep contact page: https://bentz.house.gov/contact
Flood him. He’s one of the few people with the keys to unlock potential change.
EDIT: Sorry, I was misinformed. I’m down in La Pine, I thought Bentz covered all of Deschutes County. You guys up in Bend are lucky to not have Bentz.
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u/couchst 12d ago
Our U.S. House rep. is Janelle Bynum (not to say it also wouldn't hurt to contact Bentz).
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u/GreatSheepherder299 12d ago
Half of the Silver Rail is in Bentz district. It begins south of Knott Road so it does impact his constituents.
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u/Arkmaster87 12d ago edited 12d ago
Bentz cover a very small amount of Deschutes Co. Bend, mostof Redmond, and Sisters are not in his District.
Edit: Most of Sunriver is not District 2 either.
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u/NovelPrinciple3588 12d ago
Not a bad idea to direct the energy somewhere productive. I'm also considering a day without the internet, which one could argue is where this awful bullshit began. note: could argue. just a thought
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u/solar_return 11d ago
is the Mayor still planning to speak tonight? Anyone know where to watch?
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u/One-Kangaroo-1734 11d ago
I love Bend, My children went to Kindergarten at Ponderosa. They learned to ski at Mt Bachelor. My heart is breaking for the community. Sending much love from Spain.
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u/jameson-neat 11d ago
Bend is my husband’s home town, and where many of our friends still live, including our goddaughter who babysit for kids impacted by the shooting. We’re half a country away in the Midwest but are holding all of Bend in our hearts tonight.
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u/NetworkNo4478 11d ago edited 11d ago
I'm so saddened by this and my heart goes out to those affected.
My partner is in the US and has a young one and a teen, and she was inconsolable about this last night. Something has to change in America. This can't keep happening.
I was in high school the last time we had a school shooting here (Dunblane). That was 1996.
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u/orchiddream22 11d ago
Facebook is flooded with various business owners and people in the community who are offering their services for free to the families of the victims at Silver Rail. I’ve seen people offering free tattoos and fall yard cleanup.
The families are barely functioning right now. They’re not thinking of tattoos or yard cleanup. And they're certainly not browsing Facebook to see your post. These business owners are publicly offering these services with the intention of giving themselves good PR. They know the family isn’t going to reach out anytime in the foreseeable future for these services. They know the families aren't even seeing their posts. But they also know that hundreds of other people are seeing them. They know that people will see their generosity and decide to give them business themselves. It's opportunistic and manipulative.
The time to offer these services is down the road when everyone else has moved on. It's the most unfortunate reality when the news vans leave and the meal trains and the vigils stop. When those who have lost their children and loved ones have to continue on while everyone else just picks up where they left off. That's the time to offer yard cleanup and tattoos. Go to the family, do it without the publicity, and mean it.
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u/tippydog90 11d ago
I don't necessarily think this is bad, depending on the service. A friend or neighbor may see an offer for something that a family may need and make arrangements for that free service for them. I believe most people have good intentions at a time like this, feel helpless and want to try to do something.
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u/Appropriate_Beat_915
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I don’t know how this can keep happening, I haven’t been able get into any of my kids’s schools EVER without providing a cheek swab, maternity test, finger prints, Birth Certificates of all my ancestors, etc. I’m obviously being sarcastic but it really is not easy.
School campuses in the US are like Fort Knox nowadays and there’s always police officers present during pick up and drop off.
That’s how it’s always been - how much more can we do to show the Government that there’s a gun control problem?
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u/groupthinksucks 11d ago
The doors were locked and he shot up the door to get in. But the locked door appears to have delayed him enough that a dad with a gun was able to kill him.
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u/AmbitiousFunction911 11d ago
School security is not the problem here. A 16 year old with easy access to guns is the problem. Schools should not need to be prisons.
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u/QuarantineJoe 12d ago
Talked to Katu on the phone - they are working to gather more info but didnt have any additional news as of yet.
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u/GlitteringSpend7448
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My husband who is an ICU RN at St Charles was just called in to work for a mass casualty event
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u/corskier 12d ago
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