Father stops school gunman after overhearing children pleading

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 22:44 · Archive

A father fatally shot a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, after hearing children pleading for their lives.

A 16-year-old gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher. Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old local carpenter, intervened and fatally shot the teenager, with police saying his actions prevented further deaths at the 400-student campus.

Giamanco was driving home for lunch when he spotted a male in black firing a shotgun at a passing truck and a worker on the school grounds. After the gunman threw his firearm over the perimeter fence and climbed it, Giamanco retrieved a .40-caliber handgun from his truck console and loaded a magazine. He told his phone to call 911 and informed the dispatcher he could not stay on the line. 'I said, I'm sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die,' Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Entering the building, Giamanco heard children pleading for their lives and gunfire. He said he started 'army crawling faster and faster' and told himself 'this is probably the last thing that I'm ever going to do.' Inside, he found a teacher wrestling with the teenager. Two other people were severely injured in the incident. President Donald Trump praised Giamanco as 'a great hero'.

How it is being reported

• Hero dad who killed Oregon school shooter said children were ‘pleading for their lives’In his first interview since stopping the gunman at Silver Rail Elementary, Kaylub Giamanco spoke with Oregon Public Broadcasting about the split-second decisions he made that afternoonIndependent World · 23 Oct, 22:25
• Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter shares his story36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco shared his story with Oregon Public Broadcasting a week after the school shooting that killed three children and a teacher.CBS News · 23 Oct, 20:04

In this story: Kaylub Giamanco · Silver Rail Elementary School · Bend, Oregon

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