Oregon man who killed school shooter reportedly took part in military drills with Iraq veterans
Summary
A parent named Kaylub Giamanco fatally shot a 16-year-old attacker who killed three children and a teacher at an Oregon school. Giamanco had trained with Iraq war veterans before the shooting, but officials have not linked this training to the incident.Key Facts
- The shooter, Griffin J John II, 16, killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon.
- The attacker first fired outside the school, then forced entry by shooting through locked doors.
- Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter and parent of two students at the school, heard the gunfire during lunch and intervened with a legally owned 40-caliber pistol.
- Giamanco shot the attacker at close range, killing him, after a teacher tried to stop the attacker by throwing a cellphone and wrestling the gun away.
- In 2018, Giamanco mentioned having done “military shooting drills” with Iraq war veterans, but police say there is no known connection between this and the school shooting.
- The attack also injured a seven-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher seriously enough to need hospital care.
- After the event, Giamanco called his mother to tell her he had shot and killed someone.
- Giamanco’s family prefers not to be called heroes despite his actions.
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