Posted on 10/16/2026 8:05:46 PM PDT by Morgana
The shooting unfolded in a special needs classroom, Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook said at a news conference today.
The gunman was a special needs student in that school in the past, he said.
“There were students of different ages in the classroom at the time of the shooting,” Cook said.
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A hard enough life already for those kids.
His “need” was a brain transplant.
Oh that’s so pathetic! Those poor babies! We know they’re with the Lord now, their struggles are over, but Lord comfort their families I pray.
Oh that’s so pathetic! Those poor babies! We know they’re with the Lord now, their struggles are over, but Lord comfort their families I pray.
I have a feeling that mother is going to end up in jail for giving her son that gun for his birthday. That seems to be a trend nowadays, especially Oregon.
Strangely enough, Oregon has very lax criminal laws regarding parental involvement in the transfer or use of a firearm by a minor child, in the commission of a crime.
‘special needs’ is a label that brings in billions for the big medical-pharmaceutical-educational-fedschool-welfare complex in leftist run states.
they have every reason to exploit the vulnerable and fallen and keep that money flowing. there’s a lot to this story we don’t know yet. however, thank God and His Foreknowledge in placing an armed, skilled, and courageous Dad in a position to stop that mad, messed up, possibly drugged up kid.
And we thought that shoving God out of our culture was a good idea...
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