Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: Three children and a teacher were killed on Thursday in a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon, and the shooter was also dead, officials said. Authorities identified the gunman as a 16-year-old Bend resident and said he was shot by an armed community member. Follow live updates.

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