Oregon school shooter identified as former student

This afternoon, police in Bend, Oregon highlighted what they called the heroic actions of a parent and teacher during that deadly shooting at an elementary school yesterday. Police said the 16-year-old suspect initially opened fire at a driver who saw that teen toss a shotgun over the fence at Silver Rail Elementary yesterday afternoon. The teen then shot his way into a classroom, killing three children and a teacher. Police say a witness to that initial shooting, who was the father of two students at the school, grabbed a gun out of his vehicle, ran to the scene, and ultimately shot and killed the suspect. A teacher was also praised for her bravery. A teacher in the classroom threw her cell phone at the suspect and then tackled him and fought to take the firearm from him. She was not injured in that incident, but she almost certainly helped prevent more bloodshed. Police identified the attacker as 16-year-old Griffin John, who they say was a former student at that school. authorities say the gun he used was purchased by his mother. Katie Zachariah is out as the White House press secretary after just five days on the job. Zachariah came under scrutiny after a rocky first news briefing this week. It was followed by revelations that she had inflated her credentials by saying that she was a lawyer when she never obtained a law license. She has a law degree though from Pepperdine University but never did pass the California bar exam. Do you wish you have disclosed to the president about the bar and not passing the bar. Yeah, well, Lawrence, those questions weren't asked. I'm being hired as White House press secretary and not White House counsel. Zakaria's departure came shortly after the president told reporters today that being press secretary might not be for her and that he had asked her to consider stepping down. I said, Katie, do you need this? I don't think you need this. And we're talking about doing something. We like Katie a lot. I think she's been really, really treated very unfairly. Zakaria now holds the record for the shortest tenure as press secretary. However, she was well-liked by Trump and is expected to be used somewhere else in his administration.