Oregon school shooter who killed 3 children and a teacher named as John J. Griffin, who also shot 7-year-old in wheelchair | 16 Oct 2026 | The teenage school shooter who murdered four at an elementary school has been named as John J Griffin. Griffin, 16, killed three children aged five, eight, and 11 at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. He also critically wounded a 54-year-old teacher and shot a seven-year-old child who uses a wheelchair in the face, both of whom are still in hospital. The teen killer began firing after entering a special education class. It is unclear if it was specifically targeted or chosen at random. Griffin was shot dead minutes after he began his rampage by Kalub Giamanco, 36, a dad of two children at the school who heard the gunshots as he drove home for his lunch break.