The 16-year-old who killed at least four people at an Oregon elementary school has been identified, providing insight as to his motivation in targeting the special education classroom. Thursday, the Silver Rail Elementary School of Bend, Oregon, became the site of a great tragedy which may have been worse had it not been for great heroism. In the latest press conference from the police chief, the teen said to have killed three children and a teacher was identified as Griffin J. John II, himself a former student of the special education program. During his Friday press conference, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz announced he would be naming the suspect a solitary time as he went through a more detailed timeline of the events amid the ongoing investigation. BREAKING: The 16-year-old Oregon school shooter reportedly BLASTED through a school’s security locks before heading straight to his former special education classroom, where he murdered three children and a teacher. Disturbing new details reveal that John J. Griffin II threw a 12-gauge shotgun over the fence at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend before climbing over himself. According to law enforcement sources cited by the New York Post, Griffin initially attempted to enter through the front doors but was confronted by two bystanders, including a father carrying a concealed firearm. After being stopped, Griffin reportedly ran to the back of the building and shot through the security locks to gain entry. He then headed directly toward the special education classroom he once attended, killing three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher. A 7-year-old child in a wheelchair and another teacher, 54, were injured. The shooter was ultimately shot and killed by armed father Kaylub Giamanco, who had spotted the teenager while driving home for lunch. Authorities’ sources also revealed that

President Donald J. Trump strongly praised the heroic individual who took out the shooter during a deadly rampage at an Oregon elementary school. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, was driving home from lunch when the shooting was going down at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend where a teenaged former student opened fire in a classroom, killing three young children and an adult teacher. Running into the building where his own two daughters were students, Giamanco shot and killed the shooter, preventing the carnage from being much worse. A true American hero. When asked about the shooting by a reporter outside the White House on Friday, the president hailed Giamanco as a “great hero” who prevented the slaughter from being far worse. JUST NOW: President Trump HEAPS PRAISE on Oregon elementary school shooting HERO Kaylub Giamanco, a good father with a gun who killed the suspect in mere moments “There was a GREAT HERO. As bad as it was, we had a great hero who TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS. Thank GOD we had him…thank goodness for a man that had a gun and knew how to use it.” “And thank God we had him, otherwise it would have been much worse,” he added. “It’s a terrible thing but thank goodness for a man that had a gun and knew how to use it.” Giamanco is a 36-year-old carpenter whose two daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary. His brother says he was just driving home for lunch when he heard the gunshots He saw the gunman go in, grabbed his concealed weapon, and followed him INSIDE. Man, that’s what a real hero sounds like. — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 16, 2026 “There was a great hero and it could have been – as bad as it was – we had a great

Zelensky Warns That 20 Million Ukrainians Would Pour Into EU If Russia Wins Is that a threat? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told EU leaders on Friday that if his country loses the war to Russia, as many as 20 million Ukrainians could be forced to flee to Europe. Such numbers would make the 2015 European migrant crisis look like a walk in the park. Zelensky warns: What will happen if we fall? 20 million Ukrainians will come to Europe because Putin will destroy us and push us out. https://t.co/DKF5jT5jFX — Clash Report (@clashreport) October 16, 2026 “Russia is killing us,” Zelensky said while speaking at a summit of European Union leaders. “They [Russia] don’t want to stop” and Ukrainian are being pushed out of their homeland, he said. “What will happen if we fall? I don’t know, 20 million Ukrainians will come to Europe,” Zelensky declared. Earlier this week, Zelensky indicated he felt ‘betrayed’ by President Trump as relations with Washington spiral, particularly over the diesel deal with Putin and White House pressure for Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil refineries. Trump has also late this week in a Newsmax interview said that Ukraine should hold a new national election, and added provocatively that that even Putin is easier to deal with than Zelensky. Indicators inside Ukraine show support for Zelensky’s war policy is slipping… New poll on Ukrainian attitudes on the war finds a strong majority – 57% – support an immediate negotiated peace with Russia and territorial concessions Only 21% support fighting until the Donbass is returned to Ukrainian control Most overwhelmingly favor a national referendum on peace, rather than allowing the president or parliament to decide The survey was taken by Rating Group on October 3-5 It follows a Gallup poll this June showing 66% of Ukrainians favoring an immediate