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BEND, Ore. — <\/span>The youngest child killed in a shooting at an Oregon school<\/a> was a fast runner and a fearless climber who also loved reading and his stuffed animals, his aunt said Friday.<\/p>\n Rhoam Summer, 5, was one of three children killed along with a teacher<\/a> in the shooting Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School<\/a> in Bend, a mountain-ringed city of about 100,000 in central Oregon. The other two children killed were ages 8 and 11, and a fourth student and another teacher were wounded, police have said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe never met a stuffie that he didn\u2019t think needed to be rescued and cared for,\u201d said Swan Sheridan, whose sister is Summer’s mother.<\/p>\n Sheridan said Summer liked for all of his sea creature stuffed animals to be in his favorite color: rainbow. <\/p>\n \u201cHe had a great fondness for sharks and dinosaurs and creatures that were in his words, ‘misunderstood,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Sheridan said her nephew would climb and jump off anything and was an \u201cincredibly fast\u201d runner, even from a young age. \u201cHe was a little ball of energy from the moment he was born,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n \u201cHe was a very, very happy child,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Teacher Megan Lambert, 25, was killed, said police Chief Mike Krantz at a Friday afternoon news conference. Police confirmed Summer was one of those killed but won’t release names of the other children who died at the request of their families.<\/p>\n Lambert had her \u201cdream job,” her family said in statement read at the news conference. Lambert grew up in Bend, graduated from Boise State in 2023, had a passion for sports, especially volleyball, and was a local coach, relatives said. <\/p>\n They described her as funny and opinionated and said she \u201clit up the room.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMegan was compassionate and had a huge heart,” her family said in the statement. “She always fought for the underdog and those with special needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Police said 16-year-old Griffin J. John II got into the school by shooting through locked doors. Authorities said John had been a special needs student at the school and attacked a classroom with special needs students. <\/p>\n Krantz said a parent saw John shooting outside the school, followed him inside and shot him several times. <\/p>\n The parent was Kaylub Giamanco, said his mother, Kenda Freeman, in a statement read Friday to reporters. <\/p>\n Police found John dead in the school minutes after the first calls for help, Krantz said. <\/p>\n Memorials with flowers, balloons and stuffed animals popped up around the school, and drew community members Friday, including Brooke Olsen. She said she was feeling grateful that her daughter \u2014 a kindergartner \u2014 was safe while also trying to \u201cgrieve and process and recover.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThis is an extremely painful day of grief for everybody in Bend, especially Silver Rail families,\u201d Olsen said.<\/p>\n Police identified the wounded teacher as Becky Drury, 54. Police said her injuries were serious but not life threatening, and she was hospitalized. Her mother-in-law, Yvonne Drury, said on Facebook that she had injuries to her left arm and right hand and was recovering from surgery. Her husband, Will Drury, said in a statement that they\u2019re focusing on her recovery at an \u201cunimaginably difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n Blake Brinker said he came to a memorial at the school on Friday to pray.<\/p>\n \u201cLife is such a delicate thing and I don’t think anything brings that message across more than the loss of young life,\u201d he said<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n This story has been updated to correct the name of the teacher killed Thursday. She is Megan Lambert, not Meghan Lambert as police originally reported.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Stengle contributed to this report from Dallas. Associated Press journalists Ed White in Detroit and Philip Marcelo in New York also contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n