No, Bend is toward the center of Oregon, I cling to the western-most coast. Truly shocking. I understand a bystander saw the shooter enter the school, followed him and stopped him by shooting him. The sad part is that the shooter was 16.

• Community in mourning: Police say a 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Another child and teacher were hospitalized. All the victims were shot in one special needs classroom, police said.

• Heroic actions: A father of two students saw the gunman and followed him into the school, fatally shooting him to stop the attack, officials said. Police commended the man’s heroism and the actions of a teacher who tackled the shooter and fought to disarm him.

• What we know about the shooter: The teen previously attended special needs classes at Silver Rail, according to investigators. Authorities have searched the gunman’s home but a potential motive remains under investigation. “I’m so sorry,” the boy’s mother told CNN.

• Grim total: This is the 36th shooting on K-12 school groun