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Teacher and armed parent teamed up to stop Oregon school shooter, police say

By Deborah Bloom and Herbert Villarraga BEND, Oregon, Oct 16 (Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy who shot and killed a teacher and three children in an Oregon special-needs classroom was stopped by another teacher who tackled him and an armed father who fatally shot him, officials said on Friday. Their actions on Thursday saved other lives, the local police chief told a press conference. A day into their investigation of the latest US school shooting, police released new details of the scene at Silver

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Event date
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Coverage
8 outlets · 8 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Finland, United Kingdom, Portugal +1
Arabic, English, Finnish
Countries concerned
United States
Society · intensity 2.0 · tone -0.10
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (75%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.

Western 75%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 25%Global South 0%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 8 outlets in 6 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.
  • Propagation: first reported by srnnews.com (Portugal), . No word-for-word republication detected.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world
Global South

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Coverage analysis

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Event sources

  1. Teacher and armed parent teamed up to stop Oregon school shooter, police say
    srnnews.comPortugalPortugal → United StatesEnglish
  2. Oregonin koulu­ammuskelu | Opettaja taklasi ja paikalle saapunut vanhempi ampui hyökkääjän
    Helsingin SanomatFinlandeFinland → United StatesFinnish
  3. Teacher tackled Oregon school shooter before parent fatally shot him, police say
    ms.nowUnknownUnited States → United StatesEnglish
  4. Teacher tried to stop 16-year-old shooter after he entered Oregon school, police say
    CBS NewsÉtats-UnisUnited States → United StatesEnglish
  5. Oregon teacher tackled school gunman before armed parent shot suspect 'multiple times' The dead were children aged 5, 8 and 11 and one teacher 2h ago
    lbc.co.ukSuèdeUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
  6. Teacher, armed parent stop Oregon school shooter: police
    bdnews24BangladeshBangladesh → United StatesEnglish
  7. معلمة وأب مسلح أوقفا مطلق نار قتل 4 في مدرسة بأوريغون
    independentarabia.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → United StatesArabic
  8. Oregon school shooting: Father, teacher stop teen attacker who killed 4
    Khaleej TimesÉmirats arabes unisUnited Arab Emirates → United StatesEnglish