BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the middle of an October day, a 16-year-old boy tossed a shotgun over a low chain-link fence.
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boy → toss → fence
Then he climbed over it himself.
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he → climb → it
There was a playground and a broad grass field leading to an elementary school he once attended.
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he → be → school
Inside were hundreds of children, including a handful attending a special needs class — just like he had.
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he → include → class
It was driven by the first of at least three people who would risk their own lives to try to stop him, according to accounts from police and school officials.
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who → drive → police
The driver yelled, and the boy started shooting.
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boy → yell → ?
He hit the truck at least three times, but the driver wasn’t hurt — he drove down the road and called 911.
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he → hit → 911
He saw the boy shooting at the red truck and heading toward the school, Silver Rail Elementary.
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boy → see → school
Giamanco’s children go there.
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children → go → ?
The boy walked along the school to a locked door.
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boy → walk → door
He blasted through its glass panes with the shotgun.
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Giamanco drove into the parking lot.
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Giamanco → drive → lot
He had a gun too — a .40-caliber pistol legally stored in his vehicle.
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He → have → vehicle
Another teacher had taken a first-grader to the bathroom.
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teacher → take → bathroom
The boy entered a classroom next to the door.
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boy → enter → door
He pumped the shotgun and pulled the trigger.
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He → pump → trigger
The teacher and the first-grader who had gone to the restroom heard the gunshots.
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who → go → gunshots
They hid under a table in a nearby office.
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They → hide → office
Giamanco could hear the shooting too.
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Giamanco → hear → shooting
He went toward it.
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One of the teachers in the classroom threw a phone at the shooter.
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Then, police say, she tackled him.
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she → say → him
Inside the school Giamanco saw a woman wrestling with the boy for control of the shotgun.
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woman → see → shotgun
He shot the boy several times, killing him.
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The teacher who wrestled with the boy wasn’t hurt.
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who → wrestle → boy
But three of the children in the classroom were killed.
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three → kill → classroom
Another was critically wounded.
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Another → wound → ?
One teacher in the classroom was killed: 25-year-old Megan Lambert.
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teacher → kill → classroom
Her family said teaching was her dream job.
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teaching → say → ?
Another teacher was shot in the arm and in the hand.
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teacher → shoot → hand
Linda Sanchez is the mother of the first-grade boy who hid under the table with his teacher.
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who → hide → teacher
She got a robocall about the lockdown and heard ambulances and police cars rushing toward the school.
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ambulances → get → school
“My heart was just like pounding because he was in there,” Sanchez said.
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Sanchez → pound → ?
The entire series of events spanned just a few minutes.
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Police arrived quickly, just before Giamanco shot the boy, Griffin John II.
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Giamanco → arrive → boy
In the aftermath investigators found as many as 15 spent shell casings.
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The boy had about 44 more unused rounds.
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boy → have → rounds
At a news conference Friday, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz and others expressed their appreciation for those who did not stand by.
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who → express → those
“I don’t think we can underestimate or underappreciate that courage,” Krantz said.
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Krantz → think → courage
“When someone is willing to risk their own life for others, we recognize that.
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we → risk → that
…and 6 more, not listed.
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