Teacher, 25, killed by Oregon school shooter ID’d as volleyball coach Megan Lambert: ‘She lit up the room’…… Read more

The tragic teacher shot and killed by an Oregon elementary school shooter on Thursday was identified as 25-year-old Megan Lambert, a volleyball coach who “had a huge heart.”

Lambert, a Central Oregonian native who grew up in Bend, was one of four people gunned down by 16-year-old Griffin John inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend.

“To tell you about who Megan was would take 25 years,” her family said in a heartbreaking statement shared during a Friday press conference.

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“She had a passion for sports, a passion for volleyball. She was a volleyball coach. She turned down extra pay as a coach so that families who couldn’t afford to participate could play the sport,” the family said.

“Megan was compassionate and had a huge heart. She always fought for the underdog, especially those with special needs. She was an incredible sister, daughter, niece, and granddaughter. She was funny, opinionated, and lit up the room,” read the statement shared by the Bend Police Department.

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Here’s the latest on the elementary school shooting in Oregon:

• Teacher, 25, killed by Oregon school shooter ID’d as volleyball coach Megan Lambert: ‘She lit up the room’
• Hero teacher tackled Oregon school shooter Griffin John – who was armed to the teeth in special ed classroom: police
• The extreme measures Oregon shooter took to enter the school — and why he targeted special-ed room
• First photos of Oregon school shooter Griffin John revealed

Lambert graduated from Boise State University in May 2023 and Silver Rail was her first teaching job — though she had subbed at the elementary school for many years prior, her family said.

“She loved Silver Rail. This was her dream job,” the statement said.

Lambert was slaughtered alongside three students — ages 5, 8 and 11 — before a heroic bystander, Kaylub Giamanco, intervened and fatally shot the teen inside a special education classroom.

Teacher Becky Drury and a fourth child, a 7-year-old girl who uses a wheelchair, were also shot during the carnage, cops and sources said.

Lambert’s  family also said that they “know that the bystander is going through a rough time, but we are grateful, and we think that he is a hero.”

Drury, 54, an award-winning educational assistant, was identified by family members as the critically wounded teacher.

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“The kindness and concern shown to our family and everyone affected mean more than we can express,” Becky’s husband, Will Drury, said in a statement to NBC News and the New York Times.

“Right now, our focus is on my wife, Becky, and her recovery, and on supporting our family through an unimaginably difficult time,” the husband said.

Yvonne Drury posted on social media that her daughter-in-law was shot through her left arm and right hand and is “recovering in the hospital after surgery.”

The youngest victim killed was identified as 5-year-old Rhoam Summer, a “very bright and mischievous” little boy who just started kindergarten.