Oregon School Shooting Survivor Feigned Death After Being Shot

WHO:

NY Post - Becky Drury is an Oregon teacher who was severely injured in the shooting.

NY Post - The gunman was identified as 16-year-old Griffin John.

CBS News US - Becky Drury was 54 years old.

WHAT:

NY Post - Drury said she pretended “to be dead” after being shot to avoid being killed.

CBS News US - Drury recounted being shot and said she “was shot before” she had “any chance to act.”

CBS News US - Drury was wounded in the shooting at an elementary school.

WHERE:

NY Post - The shooting occurred at an Oregon school.

CBS News US - The shooting occurred at an Oregon elementary school.

HOW:

NY Post - Drury described pretending to be dead as her way of trying to survive after the gunman shot her.

(UPDATED October 22, 2026 00:10 UTC)

A 54-year-old Oregon elementary school teacher says she pretended to be dead after a gunman shot her, hoping the move would keep her alive. Becky Drury was severely injured in the shooting at an Oregon school, where the gunman was identified as 16-year-old Griffin John. Drury described being struck before she had any chance to act, leaving her to respond after she was already wounded. She said she pretended to be dead as a way to try to survive. Her account centers on the moment she was shot and the split-second decision she made afterward. The shooting took place at an elementary school in Oregon, and Drury was among those hurt. She has recounted how acting as though she had died became her means of trying to avoid being killed.