Live updates: Children among 4 killed in Oregon school shooting, suspect dead

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

Special agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on the way to the school shooting scene, a spokesperson said.

The agents are coming from both its Portland and Eugene field offices, the spokesperson said.

A sheriff's deputy outside Silver Rail Elementary School. Joe Kline / AP

Four people were killed in today's shooting at Silver Rail Elementary, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the preliminary investigation.

Some of them are children, the officials said. It's unclear what the victims' ages are.

The shooter is also dead, officials have said.

Classes, activities and athletic events across Bend-La Pine Schools are canceled tomorrow, the district announced.

The district serves more than 16,000 students across 33 schools.

Bend-La Pine Schools, the district Silver Rail Elementary is a part of, has a school resource officer program in partnership with the Bend Police Department and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.

Those school resource officers cover multiple schools in localized areas, according to the district’s social media posts. The district oversees 33 schools.

It's not immediately clear whether a…

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