Bend Teacher Recognized for Stopping Teen Gunman
In Bend, a teacher and father is being recognized for his heroic actions in stopping a teen gunman who had killed a Boise State graduate and three young children.
Idaho Falls Pocatello, ID, October 18, 2026 —
A teacher and father in Bend is being recognized for stopping a teen gunman who had killed a Boise State graduate and three young children, according to the available summary of the event.
The summary does not identify the teacher, the person or organization recognizing him, or when the recognition is taking place. It also does not provide the date or location of the shooting, the identities of the victims, or details about how the teacher intervened.
The reported victims included a Boise State graduate and three young children. The summary describes the shooter as a teenager and says the teacher stopped him. It does not specify whether the gunman was arrested, injured or killed, or whether anyone else was involved in stopping him.
No information was provided about the teacher’s role at the time of the incident, whether he was working as a teacher then, or whether he was accompanied by family. The description identifies him as both a teacher and a father, but offers no further personal details.
The nature of the recognition is also unclear: no award, ceremony, public statement or other form of acknowledgment was specified. Without those details, the circumstances surrounding the intervention and the recognition cannot be described further. The available information establishes only that a Bend teacher and father is being recognized for stopping the teen gunman after the deaths of four people.
Story summarized from the original created by Idaho State Journal and Associated Press on www.postregister.com, see more information here.
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