India, Oct. 17 -- Shauntai May Nickerson, the mother of 16-year-old John J. Griffin II, said her son was "a good boy" a day after a shooting at an Oregon elementary school left three children and a teacher dead.

According to The New York Times, Nickerson stood outside her apartment complex, smoking a cigarette and crying, as she waved off reporters.

He was "a good boy, he really was," she said.

"I'm sorry," Nickerson added. "I miss him."

The 16-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. Another child and a teacher were critically wounded.

Police said a bystander pursued the shooter into the school and shot him dead before officers arrived.

According to th...