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Secrets of Oregon school shooter Griffin John’s broken family — and violence that began before he was even born

By: Jared Downing · Alex Oliveira

20 October 2026 at 12:00

Griffin John was let out of prison early after he was sentenced to 48 months behind bars for the attack on wife Shauntai Nickerson.

Griffin J. John standing in front of a waterfall.

Silver Rail Elementary School with a yellow police crime scene tape in the foreground.

Yearbook photo of Oregon shooter John Griffin.

Crime Scene Investigators gather evidence at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, behind a white pickup truck.

Mugshot of Griffin John Sr.

People gather at a memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary School in memory of victims killed in a shooting.