India, Oct. 16 -- Three children and their teacher lost their lives in a shooting incident that occurred at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on Thursday afternoon. The 16-year-old who is believed to be the perpetrator was himself killed after being confronted by a community member in the school premises.

According to Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz, the perpetrator managed to gain entry to the school by shooting at the locked doors. The community member entered the school premises and shot the teenager dead. The perpetrator was believed to be a 16-year-old boy from the locality whose name has not been made public yet.

The three children killed in the shooting incident are said to be aged five, eight and eleven years old w...