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June 11, 2014 10:54 pm GMT

Oregon High School Shooter Identified as 15-Year-Old Freshman

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TROUTDALE, Ore. — A 15-year-old gunman at an Oregon high school had an assault rifle, handgun and several magazines of ammunition hidden in a guitar case and duffel bag when he rode a school bus to the campus, police said Wednesday.

The attacker, identified as Jared Michael Padgett, a freshman at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, about 20 miles outside Portland, entered a boys locker room on Tuesday at the gymnasium, where he "murdered a fellow student," police Chief Scott Anderson said.

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He also wounded a teacher, who managed to make his way to an office and alert officials. Anderson said the action Todd Rispler and responding officers likely saved numerous lives. Rispler was injured with "grazing type of wound," according to police Read more...

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