Live updates: 3 children and a teacher were killed in Oregon school shooting

The 16-year-old gunman was killed shortly after police received reports of a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, police said.

The aunt of a fifth-grader at Silver Rail Elementary described her nephew as “very scared” in the aftermath of today's shooting.

The student is at the reunification center waiting to be reunited with his parents, aunt Mindy Corely said.

“It’s been taking a long time to get through all the grades. They're going from the youngest to the oldest,” Corley said on NBC News Now.

She said her nephew has a phone and was able to tell his mother he's OK.

“He was clearly very, very scared and wanted to go home,” she said.

Corely said the greater central Oregon community is hurting after today's tragedy.

“This affects all of us,” she said. “We all pull together as an even larger community, not just Bend, all of central Oregon is affected by this.”

“We are heartbroken. We are horrified,” Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steve Cook said at the news conference this evening.

"To the families that have had loss tonight, we are with you, and we will stay with you," he continued. "To our staff who helped our students and…

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