Tina Kotek: “I am relieved that all 200 Oregon citizen-soldiers are finally heading home.”

To the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life: Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well.

No community should experience this, no parent.

I’m carefully monitoring the situation, and I’ll share more as I learn more.

My heart is absolutely broken today, and our hearts will stay broken in the days and weeks ahead, and my daily prayers will be with this community, with the children, with the parents, and with the educators.