A 16-year-old allegedly used a shotgun his mother gave him for his birthday during an attack at Silver Rail Elementary School that left four dead. Shauntai Nickerson legally bought the Maverick 88 12-gauge pump shotgun in August 2026 and presented it for recreational shooting.

The teen targeted a special-needs class, killing three students aged five, eight and eleven plus a 25-year-old teacher. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter with two daughters at the school, was driving past on his lunch break when he heard shots, entered carrying a concealed firearm, and shot the attacker dead in that classroom.