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Twisted teen gunman John J. Griffin II has been pictured for the first time — glaring menacingly at the camera — since he unleashed a deadly mass shooting at an Oregon elementary school.
Griffin, 16, is seen in the eerie photo posted on Facebook by his mother, Shauntai May Nickerson, on Sept. 10 — just over a month before he killed three students, ages 5, 8, and 11, and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday.
The mustachioed teen appears sullen and miserable in the snap while wearing oversized hoodie alongside Nickerson in front of a waterfall.
The mother and son also appeared in a 2020 article about students in the Bend-La Pine School District’s NEST program — a specialized program for students experiencing intensive behavioral and social skills challenges — returning to the classroom after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nickerson told NewsChannel10 at the time that her 10-year-old son, whom she referred to by the first name “Griffin,” was struggling with learning from home.
“I think it will be great for Griffin, because I am not certified teaching a special needs student,” Nickerson told the outlet. “And I think it will be great for my son to get the help that he needs from the skilled teachers that he needs to get it from.”
Griffin opened fire in Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend with a Maverick 88, a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, allegedly purchased by his mother, on Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
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The teen shot at the school’s locked doors to break inside and storm toward the special education classroom, where he was once a student.
He was fatally shot by hero dad, Kaylub Giamanco, who saw Griffin enter the building with a gun while driving home for his lunch break.
Griffin also critically injured another student, 7, and a teacher, 54. The 7-year-old student is in a wheelchair and was shot in the face during the rampage.