Mom of 5th-grade student recalls terrifying moment son told her about deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school

The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting.
“I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,” Jenn Johnston told NBC News.
About 20 minutes earlier, Johnston said she had received an automated phone call and text from the Bend, Oregon, school telling her that there was a lockdown in place.
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