# NRA and Trump praise ‘great hero’ who killed Oregon school shooter

https://mins.news/en/item/103868

- TRT World, 2026-10-16 21:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/f2f5eb2d2b29

> The NRA and Donald Trump praised the person who killed the gunman in the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, calling them a “great hero.”

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