Investigators identify 16-year-old John J. Griffin as the suspect in the Oregon elementary school shooting that killed three children and a teacher, with law enforcement officials saying the gun used in the attack was purchased by his mother around the time of his birthday in August. KGW reporter Harley Coldiron reports from the scene and NBC News’ Tom Winter breaks down the latest developments in the investigation.
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As a mom of three grown children I never let my kids have a gun. My youngest went hunting with my father but I had my children wait until they were adults to purchace their own guns. My son that did hunt was with older people in the family who taught gun responsibility. I figured that if he was an adult with a job and had gun safety training then he has shown responsibility enough to own one. Parents please dont purchace guns for your teens.
If they find the motive i think it was nbc not going to tell us
Live by the gun die by the gun… Until we stop being a gun culture this will never end. I love guns but not more than innocent lives…
One look at this teenage shooter, and it’s very obvious that he had a demon look at the darkness in his face, especially his eyes. He was a very disturbed young man, and no one with a functioning. Brain should have given him a rifle. This mother is not fit to be a parent. She has no common sense and because of that four people are dead, including her son she needs to be charged. Is there a charge for ultimate stupidity and why can’t we see the pictures of the other two children that were killed? That helps us deal with it as well. Prayers going up for the families involved in this horrible tragedy. May God grant you peace
yay
why are we buying guns for our behaviorally troubled teens???
This is just SICK! AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?! THIS IS HORRIBLE(by sick i mean in a bad way so dont get led the wrong way)
How did the community member stop somebody with a gun?
Mother needs charged.
Where's the father in all of this?
FINALLY!!!!!!!
Clealry school shooting will never stop in America.
That mother is too much
So tired of y'all
They don’t want to teach about God in school they ban the 10 commandments this is the result.
crazy omg 😮
Hold the mom accountable!!
All schools in America need armed guards period.
Something happened they are not talking about, I don't buy it..
When are you people gonna wake up from the keft vs right paradigm and realize these psyops are designed to divide and conquer!
4:30 "… purchased by his mother…"
On TV they said "The gun was REGISTERED to the mother…".
There is no gun registration.
You only get cleared on a background check through an FFL when purchasing a firearm.
THE FACT they used the word REGISTRATION tells me they're actually putting one together.
They already found one made under Biden that was supposed to be destroyed.
4:30 Here we go again. 😒
all schools in the United States police Isd's one or two of them need to be on school ground patrolling and standby for and ready for anything that happens. Also enough is enough those police Isd need to be accountable for their action of not being there if something happens. A lot of them need to be GPS a lot of them they hide away from the school and go somewhere else doing other things supposed to be doing like protecting the schools they all need to be monitored as soon as they clock in for work