(KPTV/Gray News) - A teacher who fought with the gunman during a deadly school shooting earlier this month in Oregon has released her first statement since that tragic day.

On Friday, Bend-La Pine Schools released a statement from Cassidy Schutz, who is a certified learning specialist at the elementary school.

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said Schutz threw her cellphone at the shooter that day and wrestled him for the shotgun he had at Silver Rail Elementary School.