一名16岁男子使用其母亲的猎枪杀害三名儿童和一名教师，随后被一名武装旁观者击毙，警方称
2026年10月16日 美国东部时间上午9:12 / 福克斯新闻
作者：詹姆斯·西罗内，福克斯新闻
多名知名民主党议员再次呼吁控枪，此前一名青少年于周四闯入俄勒冈州一所小学，枪杀三名儿童和一名教师，随后被一名武装旁观者击毙。
据美联社报道，自1996年起代表俄勒冈州的联邦参议员罗恩·怀登在本德市银轨小学枪击案发生后，最为明确地呼吁收紧枪支法律。这名16岁袭击者使用了其母亲的猎枪。
“纪念这些受害者的最佳方式，是终于通过合乎情理的枪支法律，减少更多儿童、家长、教师和教职员工被迫生活在类似校园噩梦恐惧中的风险，”怀登在一份声明中说道。
俄勒冈州民主党众议员苏珊娜·博纳米西周四晚间表示，“全美各地校园中的枪支暴力流行病必须终结。”
“没有家长应该担忧自己的孩子能否在当天放学回家，”博纳米西说。“孩子们理应在学校感受到安全——并且真正安全。”
民主党众议员贾内尔·拜纳姆代表包括本德在内的俄勒冈州第五国会选区。她出席了为在枪击案中遇害的教师和儿童（年龄分别为5岁、8岁和11岁）举行的夜间守夜活动。
“我们何时才能站出来说，够了，不要再杀害我们的孩子？我们何时才能说，我们需要安全的学校，我们需要确保本不应拥有枪支的人无法拥有枪支？我们何时才能不再找借口？我们何时才能展现出那名旁观者所拥有的同样勇气？”拜纳姆在活动中告诉本德当地NBC电视台KTVZ 21。
俄勒冈州民主党参议员杰夫·默克利和该州民主党州长蒂娜·科特克的声明并未直接呼吁出台新的枪支监管措施，但两人都明确表示，枪支暴力不应出现在美国的校园中。
俄勒冈州民主党众议员贾内尔·拜纳姆摄于2024年11月15日，她也表示在这场发生在其国会选区内的小学枪击案后，需要采取更多措施应对枪支暴力。（来源：比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚呼公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
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联邦上诉法院维持有争议的伊利诺伊州半自动枪支禁令
俄勒冈州以外的民主党人似乎更愿意表态支持进一步收紧枪支管制，尤其是在枪击案发生后的初期阶段。此次枪击还造成另一名7岁儿童和一名54岁教师重伤。
新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希表示，国会在尤瓦尔迪校园枪击案后通过的枪支改革法案——包括对21岁以下购买者加强背景审查——力度仍不足。
“必须采取更多措施。绝不能再有任何儿童因枪支暴力丧生，永远都不能，”海因里希在其发布到社交媒体的声明中说道。
支持联邦红旗法和普遍背景审查的马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦也表达了类似观点。
“没有任何家庭应该遭受这样的痛苦——仅今年一年就发生了50多起校园枪击事件，”她在社交媒体上写道。“国会必须采取更多措施预防枪支暴力。”
民众在2026年10月15日俄勒冈州本德市银轨小学枪击事件后离开家庭会面区域。（来源：美联社/乔·克莱因）
司法部就最高法院确认第二修正案权利一事，针对斯潘伯格和纽瑟姆的枪支法律发起双重诉讼
议员们发表上述表态之际，本德市当局仍在拼凑这起致命袭击的经过，以及这名青少年枪手如何获取作案武器。
警方表示，尚不清楚枪手是否认识学校里的人，或是他小时候是否曾在此就读。
本德警察局局长迈克·克兰茨周四表示，首通紧急电话于下午12:59打来，一名车内人士报告称遭到一名持长枪的人员多次枪击。调度员随后接到数十通电话，称一名枪手已闯入学校。
警方在首通紧急电话后三分钟内抵达现场。片刻之后，一名警员报告称一名“社区成员”已击毙这名青少年嫌疑人。
校车排满银轨小学外，该学校于2026年10月15日周四发生枪击事件，俄勒冈州本德。（来源：乔·克莱因/美联社照片）
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银轨小学位于波特兰东南约125英里处，本学年共有467名学生，招收幼儿园至五年级的学生。
枪击事件发生后，学生们被校车送往附近一座教堂作为家庭团聚中心，焦虑的家长们在此拥抱孩子并带他们上车，有些孩子带着从家里带来的毛绒玩具和其他安抚物品，美联社报道。
本德-拉平学区取消了其下辖全部32所学校周五的课程、体育赛事和课外活动。
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Democrats call for gun control after Oregon school shooter reportedly uses shotgun purchased by his mother
A 16-year-old used his mother’s shotgun to kill three children and a teacher before an armed bystander shot him, police say
October 16, 2026 9:12am EDT / Fox News
By James Cirrone, Fox News
Several high-profile Democratic lawmakers renewed calls for gun control after a teenager broke into an Oregon elementary school Thursday and fatally shot three children and a teacher before being killed by an armed bystander.
Sen. Ron Wyden, who has represented Oregon in the Senate since 1996, made one of the most explicit calls for tighter gun laws following the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, where the 16-year-old attacker used his mother’s shotgun, according to The Associated Press.
“The best way to honor these victims is to at long last pass common-sense gun laws that reduce the risks of more children, parents, teachers and staff forced to live in fear of similar nightmares for their schools,” Wyden said in a statement.
Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said Thursday night that “the epidemic of gun violence in schools across America must come to an end.”
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“No parent should have to wonder if their child will come home at the end of the day,” Bonamici said. “Children deserve to feel safe — and be safe — in school.”
Democratic Rep. Janelle Bynum represents Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, which includes Bend. She attended a nighttime vigil for the teacher and children — aged 5, 8 and 11 — who were killed in the shooting.
“When are we going to step up and say enough of killing our babies? When are we going to say that we need safe schools, that we need to make sure that people who should not have firearms don’t have them? When are we going to stop making excuses? When are we going to practice that same bravery that that bystander had?” Bynum told KTVZ 21, a local NBC station in Bend, at the event.
Statements from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and the state’s Democratic governor, Tina Kotek, stopped short of calling for new regulation on guns, but both made it clear gun violence should have no place in American schools.
Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., seen on Nov. 15, 2024, also said more needs to be done about gun violence following the shooting at the elementary school, which is in her congressional district.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Democrats outside of Oregon appeared a bit freer to express support for going further on gun control, especially in the early aftermath of the shooting, which also left another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, critically injured.
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said the gun reforms Congress passed after the Uvalde school shooting — including enhanced background checks for buyers under 21 — did not go far enough.
“Much more must be done. Not a single child should be lost to gun violence. Ever,” Heinrich said in a statement posted to social media.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who supports federal red-flag laws and universal background checks, had a similar message.
“No family should ever have to suffer like this—and there have been over 50 school shootings just this year,” she wrote on social media. “Congress must do much more to prevent gun violence.”
People leave a family meeting area following a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15, 2026, in Bend, Oregon.(AP Photo/Joe Kline)
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The reactions from lawmakers came as authorities in Bend continue to piece together how the deadly attack unfolded and how the teenage gunman obtained the weapon he used.
Police said they did not know if the shooter knew anyone at the school or if he had attended when he was younger.
The first emergency call came at 12:59 p.m. from a person in a vehicle who reported being shot at multiple times by someone carrying a long gun, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said Thursday. Dispatchers then received dozens of calls reporting that a shooter had entered the school.
Officers arrived within three minutes of the first emergency call. Moments later, an officer reported that a “community member” had shot the teenage suspect.
School buses are lined up outside Silver Rail Elementary School, where a shooting took place, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026 in Bend, Ore.(Joe Kline/AP Photo)
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Silver Rail Elementary School, which is about 125 miles southeast of Portland, has a total of 467 students this academic year. It serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
After the shooting, students were bused to a nearby church that served as a family reunification center, where relieved parents embraced their children and walked them to their cars, some carrying stuffed animals and other comfort items they had brought from home, The Associated Press reported.
The Bend-La Pine school district canceled classes, sporting events and extracurricular activities Friday across all 32 of its schools.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
James Cirrone is a writer on the Breaking/Trending News team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to james.cirrone@fox.com.