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Kaylub Giamanco, the father who shot the 16-year-old who opened fire on a Bend, Ore., elementary school and killed three kids and a teacher, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.
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Silver Rail Elementary School shooting
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The Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, is in its aftermath: 16-year-old former student Griffin J John II killed three children and one teacher, wounded two others, and was fatally shot by parent Kaylub Giamanco; police continue to investigate a motive, while wounded teacher Becky Drury has disputed early accounts that she shielded a student and Giamanco has publicly described confronting the gunman.
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Father who killed the Bend school shooter speaks to Oregon Public Broadcasting
Kaylub Giamanco, the father who shot the 16-year-old who opened fire on a Bend, Ore., elementary school and killed three kids and a teacher, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.
ABC News
Hero dad who took down school shooter speaks out: 'I was supposed to be there'
Guardian
Father who killed Oregon school shooter speaks out for first time: ‘I have to go in’
Kaylub Giamanco recounts the day he confronted the Silver Rail elementary school shooter, who killed three boys and one teacher The Oregon father hailed as a hero for stopping a school shooting last week spoke for the first time about the incident, describing his experience and how he told a 911 operator: “I have to go in. People are going to die.” Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, has received national atte…
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‘I Have to Go In’: Kaylub Giamanco Describes Killing Gunman in Oregon School Shooting
Kaylub Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he happened to be driving by the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend when he saw a gunman preparing to enter the school.
PBS
Oregon father who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn't save
Kaylub Giamanco, whose two daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary, where the Oct. 15 attack occurred, said he was the children's "last line of defense" and that he regrets not arriving soon enough to save them all.
CBS
Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter shares his story
36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco shared his story with Oregon Public Broadcasting a week after the school shooting that killed three children and a teacher.
