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Kaylub Giamanco, Rhoam Summer, and John J. Griffin were the names that came out first after the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, 2026. Giamanco is the dad who ended it. Three kids and one teacher were already gone by the time he got there. The sixteen-year-old suspect died at the scene. A seven-year-old and a fifty-four-year-old teacher remain in critical condition.

Giamanco was driving home on his lunch break. He lives close to the school where his two daughters go. Gunshots cracked nearby. He saw the teen heading in and followed. Police later said a community member engaged the suspect inside and stopped him cold. Officers arrived just after and confirmed the teen was dead.

The attack started around 1 p.m. The first 911 call came from someone in a car who got shot at. The sixteen-year-old then blasted through locked doors to get inside. Three children died on the spot. Ages five, eight, and eleven. Rhoam Summer was the five-year-old. His father confirmed it early the next morning. A teacher also died.

People in Bend called Giamanco a hero almost right away. His brother said Kaylub does not see it that way. He feels the weight of the ones who did not make it. Governor Tina Kotek thanked the bystander for stepping in and keeping the toll from climbing higher.

Other schools nearby went into lockdown. Parents raced to Journey Church on South Highway 97 to pick up their kids. The scene stayed locked down for hours while crews worked. That night the community held vigils. Songs, prayers, people standing shoulder to shoulder.

No one has said yet why the teen picked this school. Investigators are still digging. The long gun he carried belonged to his mother. She had bought it a couple months earlier. For the families of the dead, none of that changes the empty chairs at home.

Bend is hurting. Counselors opened up at the central library the next day. Kids who lived through it will need steady help. So will the teachers and the parents who waited those long minutes not knowing. The focus stays on the ones who are gone and the ones still fighting to recover.

Rhoam Summer, five years old, John J. Griffin, sixteen, and Kaylub Giamanco all got pulled into the mess at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, 2026. Rhoam was one of the kids who did not make it out. Three children and a teacher died that afternoon. The teenage suspect died too. A seven-year-old and a fifty-four-year-old teacher went to the hospital in bad shape.

Parents dropped their kids off that morning thinking it was just another school day. Learning, friends, the usual stuff. By early afternoon it turned into something else entirely. Police got the first call around 12:59 p.m. after shots hit a car near the school. The sixteen-year-old forced his way inside. Officers rolled up minutes later and found the suspect already down.

Rhoam had just started kindergarten. His dad, Kelik, put it out there on social media that night. Said it was the worst day of his life. The family is broken. Friends and neighbors have stepped up around them. Two other kids, ages eight and eleven, also lost their lives. Their names have not been released yet. The adult who died was a teacher at the school.

Kaylub Giamanco was heading home for lunch when he heard the shots. His two daughters go to Silver Rail. He went toward the school and confronted the suspect. Police said a community member pursued the teen inside and stopped him. Giamanco’s brother later filled in some of those details. Kaylub has kept quiet. He does not feel like any kind of hero.

Nearby schools locked down right away. Journey Church over on South Highway 97 became the spot where parents could find their kids. Police, fire crews, and medics flooded the area. The whole neighborhood felt the hit. Candlelight vigils started that same night. People showed up to stand together.

Investigators are still working through the timeline and the why. No clear motive has come out. The gun came from the suspect’s mother, according to sources close to the case. For now the focus stays on the families who lost kids and the teacher, plus the two still fighting in the hospital.

Bend is a tight community. Right now it is just trying to get through the next days. Support is there for anyone who needs it. Crisis counselors set up shop at the library. The kids who were inside will need time. So will the teachers and the first responders who ran toward the noise.

Ron Riek was the pilot of the plane that crashed in Sauk County Wisconsin on Tuesday October 13. He was a prominent business owner. The crash killed him and five other people on board. No one survived.

May Brion was 67 and from Nelson. She died with her daughters Amanda Haremza and Kayla Turpin. Amanda was 45 and lived in Altoona. Kayla was 39 and lived in Eau Claire. Amanda’s son Rylan was 13. He died too. Three generations from one family were gone in the crash.

Tyler Harvey was 36 and from Cadott. He was the sixth person killed. The plane went down with all six on board. Officials identified everyone on Thursday.

The crash happened in Sauk County. Search teams found the wreckage and confirmed there were no survivors. The group had been flying together when it went down.

People in the towns where the victims lived heard the news and felt the weight of it. A pilot, a businessman, a grandma, her daughters, and a 13 year old boy all lost at once. Families in Nelson, Altoona, Eau Claire, Cadott and beyond are left to pick up the pieces.

Work continues to figure out exactly what happened. The names came out from the Sauk County sheriff’s office. Local folks say the sudden deaths of six people in one plane hit the communities hard.

The loss of three generations from the Brion family stands out. Ron Riek and Tyler Harvey leave their own circles of family and friends mourning too. Six lives ended in the crash and the people who knew them are left with the quiet that follows.

May Brion was 67 years old and lived in Nelson. She died in a plane crash in Sauk County Wisconsin on Tuesday October 13. Her two daughters and one grandson died with her. The crash took the lives of six people in all.

Amanda Haremza was 45 and lived in Altoona. She was one of May Brion’s daughters. Kayla Turpin was 39 and lived in Eau Claire. She was the other daughter. Rylan was 13 years old. He was Amanda’s son and May’s grandson. Three generations of the same family died together that night.

Ron Riek was the pilot. He was a well known business owner. Tyler Harvey was 36 and lived in Cadott. Both men died in the same crash. No one on the plane made it out alive.

The plane went down in Sauk County. First responders found all six people dead at the scene. The family had been traveling together when the crash happened.

People who knew the family say the loss hits hard. A grandma, her daughters, and a young boy all gone in one night. The other two men leave their own families behind too.

Investigators are still looking into what caused the crash. The Sauk County sheriff’s office confirmed the names on Thursday. Friends and neighbors in the small towns where they lived are dealing with the sudden news.

This kind of sudden loss leaves a big hole. The Brion family and the families of Ron Riek and Tyler Harvey face days ahead filled with grief. The crash took six lives at once and changed everything for the people who loved them.

A power pole snapped and the lights failed in part of Milbury early Friday. Behind that damage sat a worse truth. Clay Township Sgt. Jacob Roesler, just 26, died in the crash that took the pole down.

He was on his way to a separate wreck at State Route 51 and State Route 795. The call came in near 6:39 a.m. Roesler answered it the way he always had. His vehicle never finished the trip.

Another person from a different car went to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Emergency crews handled the scene while the news hit the station hard.

Roesler had worn the sergeant stripes for three years. The department said he was a dedicated public servant who made a real difference for the people he served. They mourned with his family and the officers who shared the badge with him.

The loss hits in the small places. The next briefing without his voice. The radio traffic that used to include his unit. The quiet talks after a rough call.

His family and friends lose the years that should have been ahead. The community loses an officer who answered when the phone rang. That morning response turned into the one that took him.

Clay Township officers keep working the streets. They do it knowing one of their own paid the price on a routine call that stopped being routine.

Sgt. Jacob Roesler never made it home Friday. The 26-year-old Clay Township officer died in a wreck at the corner of State Route 51 and State Route 795 in Milbury while racing to help at another crash.

He had been a sergeant for three years. Folks who worked with him said he showed up ready every shift. He took the tough calls and stood by people when things went wrong.

The first report came in around 6:39 a.m. Someone needed help at that same intersection. Roesler headed that way. Then his own vehicle crashed. A power pole took a hit and lights went out nearby.

One other driver went to the hospital. Their injuries were not life-threatening. Crews cleaned up the mess while the department learned one of their own was gone.

The Clay Township Police put out a short note. They called him a dedicated public servant who left a mark on the department and the town he protected. They said they stood with his family, friends, and the other officers in the hard days ahead.

At 26 he still had plenty of road left. He was a son, a friend, and a partner on the job. The guys who rode with him will feel the empty seat on the next shift. His family faces the quiet that comes when someone young is taken too soon.

Police work means rolling out when others need you. Roesler did that until the end. The department and the community now carry the weight of that last call.