Police on Friday identified 16-year-old Griffin J. John II as the suspect in the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend, Oregon, that took the lives of three children and a teacher. He was stopped by a teacher who tackled him and then fatally shot by an armed father.
The suspect had previously been a special needs student at the elementary school, according to the police.
“Everyone wants to know why, including us,” Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said at a press conference on Oct. 17. “We may never get that full answer, but we want it.”
Authorities also revealed that the teacher threw her cellphone at the suspect and tackled him after he entered the classroom, which likely prevented further bloodshed at the school. She ultimately escaped uninjured, as the suspect was then shot and killed by a parent, Kaylub Giamanco….