School Shooting in Bend, Elon Musk's Power, MN Senate Race
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The grief at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon is mixed with gratitude for the teacher and the dad who stopped a massacre. Please, in Bend, share details about that school shooting. I'm Aisha Roscoe. And I'm Scott Simon, and this is Up First from NPR News. Candlelight vigils honor the dead from an elementary school shooting, and the bravery of the people who stopped it. A new film about Elon Musk tries to puzzle out how he got so powerful we talked to one of the producers. And a surprisingly competitive Senate race in the normally blue state of Minnesota is making Democrats nervous. So please stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your weekend. Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. This message comes from IXL. With IXL, you get personalized online learning and teaching solutions that help improve achievement, empower teachers, and track progress. This one platform for K to 12 helps teachers accomplish what normally would require dozens of other tools. Educators can see how their school is performing in real time to make better instructional decisions. IXL is used in 96 of the top 100 school districts. Learn more at IXL.com/NPR. This message comes from Schwab. At Schwab, you can get everything from self-directed investing to full service wealth management, all in one place. No matter your investing goal, life stage, amount to invest, or know how, you can invest your way with Schwab. This message comes from Dell, shop at Dell.com for Black Friday, and find great PCs, like the Dell XPS 13 laptop with a long battery life and powerful performance with Intel Core processors. Upgrade your whole setup for less, Dell.com/deals. Authorities are continuing to investigate a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon this past Thursday. Three children and one teacher were killed. Two others, a seven-year-old child, and a 54-year-old teacher are being treated for injuries. NPR criminal justice correspondent Jacqueline Diaz has been following the story and joins us now. Jacqueline, thanks for being with us. Yeah, thank you for having me. And officials have shared new details about how the shooting apparently unfolded. What do we know? Yeah, during a press briefing yesterday, police in Bend, Oregon laid out the series of events leading up to the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School. It started around 1 p.m. That's when a bystander in a red pickup truck spotted the shooter climbing a fence onto school property with a shotgun. The bystander confronted him and the gunman shot at the truck multiple times. That man called 911. Meanwhile, the gunman made his way to the building.
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