Oregon parent shoots dead teenage school shooter

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 23:57 · Archive

A 36-year-old carpenter fatally shot a 16-year-old gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school.

Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and parent of two daughters at the school, fatally shot Griffin J John II, 16, during an active shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The teenager had opened fire outside the school with a shotgun, aiming at a driver who attempted to confront him, before shooting through locked doors to gain entry to the building.

Giamanco was returning from his lunch break when he heard gunfire from the campus. He parked his car, retrieved his legally registered 40-caliber pistol and rushed inside. A teacher had already tackled the shooter and was attempting to wrestle the gun from his hands. Giamanco fired several close-range shots at the teenager, killing him and ending the shooting.

Four people died in the shooting: three children and a teacher. A seven-year-old student was hospitalised receiving lifesaving care, and 54-year-old teacher Becky Drury sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries. After the incident, Giamanco called his mother to tell her what had happened. The New York Post reports that Giamanco told his mother: 'A man went into my daughter's school and shot kids' and 'I looked at him point blank, and I shot and killed him, mom.'

How it is being reported

• Hero who stopped Oregon school shooter called mother to say ‘I shot and killed him, mom’Kaylub Giamanco called his mother after fatally shooting a 16-year-old gunman to stop a deadly school shooting in Bend, Oregon.New York Post · 19 Oct, 23:42
• Oregon man who killed school shooter reportedly took part in military drills with Iraq veteransNew details emerge about Kaylub Giamanco, who went on to elementary school campus and shot Bend suspect dead New details are emerging about the parent who fatally shot the 16-year-old shooter who killed three children and a teacher in Oregon last week. In a 2018 Facebook post, Kaylub Giamanco, the 36 year-old carpenter who shot and killed the shooter, said he had gone through “military shooting drills” with veterans who fought in Iraq. Continue reading...Guardian World · 19 Oct, 22:33

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

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