911 call released from man who shot Oregon school gunman

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 04:58 · Archive

A 911 call has been released from Kaylub Giamanco, who fatally shot a teenager during an attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, in October.

A 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, was released on Tuesday. Giamanco told the 911 operator 'I have a gun and I will shoot them right now' as he described an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, where his daughters attended. The call lasted just over a minute.

Giamanco was driving home to eat lunch on October 15 when he saw a teenager dressed in black firing a shotgun at a pickup truck near the school. The teenager was later identified as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II. Giamanco retrieved a .40-caliber handgun from his truck console, loaded a magazine and called 911 before heading onto the school property.

In the released call, Giamanco told the dispatcher 'Someone's at the school, at my daughters' school with a gun.' The operator urged him to wait for police and not to do anything. As the call continued, Giamanco told the dispatcher that the shooter was entering the building and warned that people were being shot. The call then ended.

The teenager had shot his way through locked doors into the elementary school building. He killed three children and a teacher, all in a special needs classroom. Another student was critically injured and a teacher was injured and hospitalised. Giamanco's intervention resulted in the teenager's death.

Giamanco has been described as a hero for his actions during the attack. Fox News reported that he later told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he feared he would not survive going inside the school but began hearing children pleading for their lives and gunfire.

How it is being reported

• Chilling 911 audio shows dad pleading for help before rushing into daughters' school with gun to stop active shooterKaylub Giamanco, 36, was heard in a frantic 911 call pleading for help as he saw Griffin John II, 16, enter Silver Rail Elementary School on October 15.Daily Mail · 5 Nov, 02:37
• 911 call captures hero dad’s bravery before he took down Oregon elementary school gunmanNewly released 911 audio captures Kaylub Giamanco's desperate call before he rushed into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, with a gun.Fox News · 4 Nov, 21:36
• 911 call made by hero dad who took down Oregon school shooter releasedA newly released 911 call details the moments before Kaylub Giamanco intervened in the Oregon elementary school shooting. Carter Evans has more.CBS News · 4 Nov, 00:41
• 'I'm about to go kill this kid': The frantic 911 call made by Oregon school shooting heroKaylub Giamanco told a 911 operator ‘I have a gun and I will shoot them right now’Independent World · 3 Nov, 20:14

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

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