The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. when Deschutes County dispatchers received a call from someone in a vehicle who had been shot at several times by a person with a long gun.
In the following minutes, dozens more 911 calls came in reporting a shooter had entered Silver Rail Elementary on SE Stone Creek Lane.
Bend Police directed the school to go into lockdown at 1:01 p.m., with officers arriving at 1:02 p.m.
Soon after, police learned that a community member followed the suspect into the school and shot him. Officers entered the building and found the suspect dead.
Hundreds of people attended a prayer vigil at Drake Park at about 7 p.m. to honor the victims.
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