Oregon Elementary School Shooting Kills Three Children and a Teacher; Gun Was a Gift From Shooter's Mother
Photo: Washington TimesA 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday. The shotgun he used was a birthday gift from his mother, according to sources. Court documents show the mother, identified as Shauntai May Nickerson, previously faced an assault case and a DUI arrest. A man shot the shooter, and a legal debate has followed over whether carrying a gun onto school property violated Oregon law.
Alternative outlets go beyond the gun's origin. TMZ leads with the mother's past legal trouble, citing court documents, while Reason asks whether the man who shot the gunman broke state law, noting that some people raise it as an objection to gun control laws. Left-leaning CBS leads with the birthday-gift detail and relies on unnamed sources and its crime reporter. Right-leaning Breitbart reports the same gift detail and calls the attacker alleged. The Washington Times item covers a separate Oregon event, a football player tackling an opponent carrying a flag in Portland.
How the sides differ Left and right sources stress the mother's birthday gift of the gun; alternative sources add her legal record and whether the armed man who shot the gunman broke the law.
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CBS News leads with the birthday-gift detail, attributes it to unnamed sources, and features its senior crime reporter's coverage of the 16-year-old shooter and the victims.
TMZ highlights the mother's earlier assault and DUI charges from court documents, while Reason examines whether the man who shot the gunman violated Oregon law by carrying a gun onto school property.
- BreitbartShotgun Used by Alleged Oregon Elementary School Attacker Was Given to Him as Birthday Present
Breitbart reports the shotgun was a birthday present from the mother and calls the attacker alleged. The Washington Times excerpt covers an unrelated Portland football-game flag incident.