Father shoots and kills teenage gunman at Oregon school

Summarised from 4 outlets · 6 reports · Updated 11 Nov, 15:32 · Archive

A father shot and killed a 16-year-old gunman who opened fire at his daughters' school in Bend, Oregon on 15 October, killing three children and a teacher.

Kaylub Giamanco, 36, shot and killed a teenage gunman who opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on 15 October. The school's gunman, 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, fired at a passing pickup truck outside the building before forcing his way inside, where Giamanco's two daughters are students.

Giamanco was driving home for lunch when he spotted the shooter carrying a shotgun. He called 911 and said he was following the gunman into the school. He crawled into the building and looked through a classroom window, where he saw the gunman struggling with a teacher. The teacher had tackled the shooter after throwing her cellphone at him.

Giamanco said this moment gave him an opportunity to act. 'I knew that he wasn't paying attention to me, so it gave me the opportunity to swing the door open and step in and complete my mission,' he told CBS Mornings. Giamanco described entering what he called 'mission mode', saying 'It was like fight or flight, and something clicked, and I just, I analyzed the situation.'

After shooting the gunman once, Giamanco said the shooter remained alive and was struggling to regain control of his weapon. The gunman tried to say something, but Giamanco said he did not want to hear it. 'I didn't want to hear what he had to say. He had taken lives,' Giamanco said. According to the Daily Mail and New York Post, Giamanco told the gunman 'F--- you'.

The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School killed three children aged 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. The gunman was also killed. Giamanco has spoken publicly for the first time about the incident in interviews with CBS Mornings, describing how he has struggled with what he witnessed. Metro reports he says he still hears the screams of children pleading for their lives and has been unable to return to work since the shooting.

How it is being reported

• Dad who shot dead school gunman reveals his final words to killerKaylub Giamanco has been praised for his bravery, but says he’s struggling to live with the horrors he witnessed (Picture: Saskia Hatvany/Oregon Public Broadcasting) A father who shot a teenage gunman dead at his daughters’ school has revealed the final words he said to the child killer. Kaylub…Metro · 11 Nov, 15:19
• Heroic gunman reveals the chilling final words he said to school shooter before killing himKaylub Giamanco, 36, was driving past Silver Rail Elementary School on his way home for lunch on October 15 when he spotted the 16-year-old gunman, Griffin J John II.Daily Mail · 11 Nov, 02:48
• Hero girl dad who killed Oregon school shooter reveals savage final words he told teen gunmanThe father of two said in a new interview that, after he’d shot the teen murderer in a classroom at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary School, the gunman was still alive and trying to speak.New York Post · 10 Nov, 18:41
• Hero dad describes split-second decision to defend against school shooterBend, Oregon, dad Kaylub Giamanco realized a shooting was occurring at his daughters' school and shot and killed the shooter. He shared his story with "CBS Mornings." CBS News' Anna Schecter has more.CBS News · 10 Nov, 16:35
• Dad who stopped school shooting says he went into "mission mode"Kaylub Giamanco shared how he stopped a shooting at his daughters' school in Bend, Oregon in his first network television interview.CBS News · 10 Nov, 15:46
• Hero dad who shot Oregon school gunman describes going into "mission mode" during shootingKaylub Giamanco, the father who shot and killed the gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, sits down with "CBS Mornings" with his wife, Kelsey, to talk about his heroic actions that day, explain why it's sparked a possible career shift and more.CBS News · 10 Nov, 15:37

In this story: Kaylub Giamanco · Griffin J. John II · Silver Rail Elementary School · Bend · Oregon

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