A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.

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The city in Central Oregon is home to Silver Rail Elementary School, where a shooting resulted in 5 dead.

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“It’s just something that we live with here in America,” said Leah Schwartz, who heard the violence in Bend, Ore. “It’s exhausting.”

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The suspect in the shooting was killed at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., according to the authorities, and the conditions of the injured were not immediately known.

The suspect in the shooting was killed at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., according to the authorities, and the conditions of the injured were not immediately known.

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