The teacher who died at the hands of a teenage mass murderer has been identified as a beloved 25-year-old who coached children’s volleyball in her spare time.
Meghan Lambert, of Bend, died in the classroom when Griffin John II, 16, opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon.
As well as 25-year-old Lambert, three children aged five, eight and 11 were slaughtered in the bloodshed that occurred at the shooter’s old school.
Lambert was remembered by her family on Friday as having a passion for sports and an ambition for teaching.
She ‘lit up the room’ and was ‘compassionate’ with
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