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Family of 5-year-old victim hire lawyers to investigate Bend shooting

Anastasia Mason and Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY NETWORKTue, October 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM UTC

The family of the 5-year-old boy killed when a teen gunman opened fire on an Oregon special education class last week has hired a legal team to look into how the shooter got a gun and whether safety protocols were followed, reported the Salem Statesman Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Rhoam Summer, 5, was killed Oct. 15 at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, along with two other boys, ages 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Another teacher and a 7-year-old girl were injured.

Authorities haven't revealed a motive in the slayings, but said the shooting suspect, who was 16 and also killed at the scene, was a former student at the school who received special education services. While law enforcement investigates the crime, law firms hired by Rhoam's parents said they will investigate "any systemic failures that may have allowed this tragedy to happen."

"We are stunned that such a heinous assault has happened in our peaceful community," Tim Williams, co-counsel on the investigation, said. "Senseless, barbaric, and depraved? Yes. But was it foreseeable and thus preventable? That’s what we will find out. ... We are committed to holding all responsible parties accountable to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again and justice is done in Rhoam’s name."

Three law firms, Dwyer Williams & Cherkoss, Simon Greenstone & Panatier and Worthington & Caron said they will "preserve and protect Rhoam’s memory and investigate possible legal claims arising from the mass school shooting."

5-year-old killed in school shooting 'had the purest heart,' parents say

In a statement, Rhoam's parents described him as a kindhearted little boy who wanted to dress up as a bunny for Halloween, "cuddled at every opportunity and sang to himself when he was upset." He loved dancing, sharing and rainbows and unicorns, they said.

To remember Rhoam, his family requested people draw pictures, particularly of sharks, dinosaurs or monsters.

"Rhoam loved to tell stories of creatures with big teeth who needed understanding and friendship. Please make art for him. Draw or paint. Use your hands if you can. Get messy," his parents said. "Rhoam was not a child art prodigy, but he had the purest heart and he put love into every scribble, splash or paint, or smashed leaf he tried to shape."

A GoFundMe and a meal train fundraiser have been created to support Summer's family.

What happened in the Bend, Oregon, school shooting?

The shooting unfolded just before 1 p.m. local time on Oct. 15. Authorities said the shooter jumped over the school's fence and fired at a passing vehicle before he shot through entry doors and made his way into the special education classroom, where he fired as many as 15 rounds.

Police identified the teacher killed as 25-year-old Megan Lambert. Education assistant Rebecca “Becky” Drury was one of the injured, a family spokesperson told USA TODAY.

Bend Police have said the school resource officer, a member of law enforcement who works in schools, was assigned to multiple schools and was not at Silver Rail when the shooting happened.

The suspect was fatally shot by the parent of two students at the school, a bystander who witnessed the suspect fire at a truck and go into the school. That bystander was identified by family members to multiple media outlets as Kaylub Giamanco. Another teacher in the classroom, who was not injured, also fought the shooter; police said she threw a cell phone at him and tackled him to try and take his weapon. Both the bystander and the teacher were credited as heroes for preventing further bloodshed.

The suspect used a Maverick 88 12-gauge pump-action shotgun and 12-gauge birdshot, buckshot, and slugs were found at the scene, as were 44 additional rounds of 12-gauge ammunition.

The shotgun was purchased legally, law enforcement said, and there were other firearms found in the shooter's home. Police have not said how the teen accessed the gun and ammunition.

The law firms' investigation will look into the weapon and how it was accessed, if there were warnings prior to the shooting and whether the school's security protocols were followed, the legal team said.

Tips can be emailed to info@worthingtoncaron.com, lawyers said.

Anastasia Mason covers state government for the Statesman Journal. Reach her at acmason@statesmanjournal.com or 971-208-5615.

This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Family of 5-year-old victim hire lawyers to investigate Bend shooting

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byNito
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October 20, 2026

Family of 5-year-old victim hire lawyers to investigate Bend shooting

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What Happened to the French Crown Jewels Stolen From the Louvre Last Year?

Here is a full timeline of the heist, the suspects' confessions, and the wave of copycat museum thefts that followed across Europe.

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One year ago today, a group of thieves pulled off one of the most audacious museum heists in modern history, making off with the majority of the surviving French crown jewels from the most visited museum in the world. Twelve months later, almost all of them are still missing. Here is a full account of what happened, what has been learned, and where things stand now.

What happened during the heist?

The robbery took place on the morning of October 19, 2025, roughly an hour after the Louvre opened to the public. Four suspects arrived at the museum in a truck fitted with a cherry picker-type crane, raised themselves to the balcony of the Apollo Gallery on the second floor, and broke through a reinforced window using angle grinders.

Investigators examine the crane the thieves used to access the Louvre in October 2025.LAURENT CARON - Getty Images

As security footage shared with the public months later revealed, they cut into two display cases and removed eight pieces of jewelry, including tiaras, a brooch, necklaces, and earrings that had belonged to French queens and empresses. One of these pieces was a tiara containing 1,998 diamonds that had belonged to Empress Eugénie, the consort of Napoleon III. The total value was estimated by French officials at €88 million ($102 million).

Empress Eugénie’s pearl and diamond tiara, pictured in May 2021, which has still not been recovered.MAEVA DESTOMBES - Getty Images

In a wild escape, the thieves fled on scooters, but failed at setting fire to the crane, mounted on a truck, before leaving. During the escape, Empress Eugénie’s crown (not to be confused with the tiara) was dropped near the museum and recovered the same day. The remaining pieces have not been found.

What has happened since then?

The Apollo Gallery, now empty, after reopening in July.LOU BENOIST - Getty Images

Two suspects were arrested within a week of the robbery, one of them apprehended at Charles de Gaulle Airport attempting to board a flight to Algeria. A second wave of arrests followed on October 29, when five more people were detained in the Paris region, including one suspect linked by DNA evidence found on a helmet at the crime scene. By late November, four additional suspects had been arrested, bringing the total number detained in connection with the investigation to eleven.

The Louvre’s director, Laurence des Cars, resigned in February 2026 amid questions about systemic security failures, including a scathing government audit that found only 39% of the museum’s rooms were equipped with at least one security camera. The Apollo Gallery was closed to the public for nine months before reopening in July 2026, its display cases empty. The gallery’s surviving contents have been relocated to a quieter wing of the museum.

Empress Eugénie’s crown, still fully in tact, in May 2025.VCG - Getty Images

The Louvre’s new director, Christophe Leribault, described toLe Monde told that he plans to make Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was damaged as the robbers escaped, the centerpiece of a new permanent display in a less congested part of the museum once it has been fully restored.

What have the suspects revealed?

Two of the four suspects broke their silence in June 2026, providing the first detailed account of the robbery in statements published by Le Monde. Abdoulaye N., a 40-year-old former internet personality known for motorcycle stunt videos, admitted he knew the target was the Louvre. His co-defendant, Ghelamallah A., 36, claimed he was told it was a jewelry store. Both said they were recruited two or three days before the heist by an unnamed client, referred to only as “Jo,” who they say was present at the museum that morning and directed the operation. Each was promised between €15,000 and €25,000 ($17,000 to $29,000).

After removing the jewelry, Abdoulaye N. said he transported the haul to an underground parking garage in a suburb outside of Paris, where he handed it to the alleged mastermind. “The person who ordered the theft wasn't happy,” Abdoulaye told investigators. “He thought we could have taken more.” Both men refused to name the mastermind. “I can’t say his name, there will be repercussions, I don’t want my family to be targeted,” Abdoulaye N. said.

Where are the remaining French crown jewels now?

Investigators are working with two competing theories. One theory holds that no outside mastermind exists, and the jewels remain somewhere in the Paris region, known only to the four suspects in custody.

An emerald necklace and pair of earrings that belonged to Empress Marie Louise, the second consort of Napoleon I.MAEVA DESTOMBES - Getty Images

But in the second theory, which would be the worst case scenario, the jewels were passed to intermediaries on the day of the robbery and have since been moved abroad for resale. This would likely mean the jewels have already been dismantled, with individual stones recut and sold separately, making them virtually untraceable. Unlike cash, which carries serial numbers that can be tracked, or paintings—which are catalogued, photographed, and nearly impossible to sell openly once stolen—individual gemstones can be recut to alter their shape and size, stripping them of any identifying characteristics and making them indistinguishable from legitimately sourced stones on the open market.

How are museums changing?

Louvre President Christophe Leribault and French Culture Minister Catherine Pegard outside of the Apollo Gallery in July.LOU BENOIST - Getty Images

The heist has arguably set off a wave of copycat thefts across Europe. Since the Louvre heist, a Picasso disappeared en route to a museum in southern Spain, thieves pulled a smash-and-grab on a $5 million Van Cleef & Arpels diamond necklace from a museum in Vienna, Bronze Age gold artifacts were taken from a museum in southeastern Spain, four Renaissance paintings were stolen from a museum in Sicily, the Lalique Museum in northern France was robbed of $4.5 million in jewelry, and a pair of masterpieces were nicked from the Renoir Museum last month. That’s just naming a few.

Europol warned in August that museum heists were employing increasingly aggressive methods, potentially indicating the involvement of new criminal networks. The French government has so far responded with a 33-point national security plan covering vulnerable sites, specialized police recruitment, and additional protection for high-risk objects.

At the Louvre itself, the new director, Christophe Leribault, appointed in February 2026, has begun an €80 million ($90 million) security overhaul and hired a senior police officer to oversee museum-wide security. “Museums once assumed that the most famous works of our heritage were essentially unsellable and untouchable,” Leribault told the Financial Times this month. “Now, we know we must be extremely vigilant.”

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Mom and Son Argued Over the Many Rescue Cats She Kept at Home. Hours Later, She Was Dead and He Was on the Run

Andria HanafinCredit: FacebookRyan Hanafin is charged with murdering his mother, Andria

Ryan Hanafin, who is charged with murdering his mother, Andria Hanafin, reportedly argued with her about her foster cats before allegedly killing her

WCVB reported that authorities rescued 84 cats from Andria’s home in Reading, Mass., following her death

Ryan has pleaded not guilty to murder

The Massachusetts man accused of killing his mother had reportedly been arguing with her about the rescue cats she fostered at their home.

Ryan Hanafin, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Andria Hanafin, 49, according to WCVB, NBC Boston and The Boston Globe.

Andria was found dead by her husband after he returned from work to their Reading, Mass., home on Oct. 8, per the Globe.

Citing a police report, WCVB, NBC and the Globe reported that Ryan and Andria had been fighting about the cats she had been fostering.

According to the police report, Andria called her husband around 6:50 p.m. on Oct. 7 and told him she’d argued with Ryan about the cats and wanted their son to move out. Her husband discovered her body after returning from work shortly after midnight.

Following Andria’s death, authorities rescued 84 cats from the Hanafin home, according to WCVB.

“She was a definite cat whisperer,” said Karen Evans, the vice president of a local rescue organization, per the Globe. “She loved cats and they loved her back.”

Ryan was arrested in Vermont hours later on Oct. 8, after police had warned the public he was considered armed and dangerous.

Andria had two other children, one who was away at college at the time of the killing and another who was home at the time of the 911 call, the Globe previously reported.

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WCVB reported that Ryan pleaded not guilty to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

At a press conference held after Andria was found dead, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan called it a case of domestic violence, according to Boston 25.

“It’s alleged to be domestic violence at this point,” she said, “although not the traditional domestic violence situation that we think of.”

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

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October 19, 2026

Mom and Son Argued Over the Many Rescue Cats She Kept at Home. Hours Later, She Was Dead and He Was on the Run

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N.Y.C. Mom Called 911 and Allegedly Made a Chilling Confession. Police Then Found Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Dead

Fabiana CabelloCredit: GoFundMeFrancis Cabello, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of her 5-year-old daughter, Fabiana Cabello

Francis Cabello, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter

Fabiana Cabello, 5, was found dead inside a Queens home on Wednesday, Oct. 14

The child’s official cause of death has not been announced

A New York City mother was arrested after allegedly calling 911 and telling a dispatcher she killed her 5-year-old daughter, law enforcement sources told the New York Times, ABC 7 NY and NBC New York.

Francis Cabello, 32, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge before Criminal Court Judge Jennifer Saint-Preux on Friday, Oct. 16, the Queens District Attorney’s Office tells PEOPLE.

She did not enter a plea and is due back in court on Tuesday, Oct. 20, the office said. PEOPLE has reached out to Cabello’s attorney for comment but did not immediately hear back.

In a statement to PEOPLE, the New York Police Department confirmed Cabello was arrested on the murder charge on Thursday, Oct. 15 in connection with the death of 5-year-old Fabiana Cabello.

Fabiana CabelloCredit: GoFundMe

Officers responded to a home in South Richmond Hill, Queens, at 6:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in response to a 911 call, police said. Inside, they found the girl unresponsive. She was taken by first responders to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.

The NYPD did not identify the 911 caller, but law enforcement sources told the New York Times, ABC 7 NY and NBC New York, that Francis made that call. She allegedly told a dispatcher, “I killed my daughter,” the Times reported.

Police said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the 5-year-old girl’s cause of death.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE, an autopsy found that the girl had scrapes on her face, as well as petechiae — tiny spots of bleeding — in her eyes, heart and lungs. These findings can be associated with asphyxia, the complaint states.

Investigators believe the killing happened on Wednesday between 5:30 p.m. and 6:55 p.m., per the complaint.

Fabiana’s father, Kuldeep Singh, has launched a verified GoFundMe campaign to help offset funeral expenses.

Fabiana CabelloCredit: GoFundMe

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“I loved my daughter very much, and losing her feels like I lost my whole world,” he wrote on the fundraising page. “I am trying to keep working as an Uber driver while driving a rental car, but I am grieving and struggling to manage these costs at the same time.”

In an interview with NBC New York, Fabiana’s uncle, who was not named, remembered her as a joyful child who brought happiness to her family.

“She’s a very beautiful girl, you know,” the uncle said, per the news outlet. “She’s joyful she keep my mom and dad happy. She give you a nice hug, you know. She was very happy happy girl.”

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N.Y.C. Mom Called 911 and Allegedly Made a Chilling Confession. Police Then Found Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Dead

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