Oregon mom says she ran to son's school when co-worker heard gunshots

Kayla and Tyler Major’s son was uninjured in the mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Three children and a teacher were killed, police said.

Kayla Major was at work Thursday afternoon just steps from her son's elementary school in Bend, Oregon, when her co-worker said she heard gunshots and employees started locking the doors."I don't think I even had a first thought," Major told "CBS Mornings" on Friday. "I think I stood up, they were locking the doors, and I kind of was figuring out what was going on and why they were locking the doors, and then I heard 'active shooter' and then I said, 'Where?' and they said, 'the school behind us.'""I don't know if my co-workers understood that I had a child that went to school there, and so I kind of fell back into my seat for a second, and then paced for a minute, and I stood up and I unlocked the doors and I just started running over to the school," she said.Major's son was uninjured, but three students — ages 5, 8 and 11 — and one teacher were killed in the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, police said.

A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were transported to St. Charles Bend Hospital with critical injuries, according to police.The alleged shooter, a 16-year-old male, was shot and killed by a bystander who entered the school. Kayla's ex-husband, Tyler, said their son didn't really understand what was