BEND, Ore. — A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday to the Associated Press through a public records request.
In a tense call lasting a little more than a minute, Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 operator there was "someone with a gun" at the school his daughter attends. "I have a gun and I will shoot them right now," said Giamanco, who was driving home for lunch and saw the shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School. The operator asks if the shooter is firing and Giamanco says yes, before the call ends.
A 16-year-old had shot his way through locked doors to get into the school in Bend on October 15, killing three children — ages 5, 8, and 11 — and a teacher in a special needs classroom. Another student was critically wounded.
Giamanco, 36, entered the school through an open window and found a teacher struggling with the attacker, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said. The teacher had thrown her cellphone at the gunman and tackled him before Giamanco shot him multiple times, according to the chief. The shooter was identified as Griffin J. John II.
Authorities credit Giamanco and the teacher with stopping further deaths. The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local police continue to investigate the motive and how a legally purchased shotgun and ammunition came into the attacker's hands.
Silver Rail Elementary remains closed as a crime scene, the district is providing counseling and reunification services, and the case is driving local security reviews and questions about laws and practices governing minors' access to firearms.
