Overview
- A 16‑year‑old former student forced entry into Silver Rail Elementary on Oct. 15 and killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25‑year‑old teacher while wounding others in a special‑education classroom.
- Kaylub Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he saw the shooter on school grounds, retrieved a .40‑caliber handgun from his truck, used voice commands to call 911, crawled through a broken window and fired at the attacker to stop further killings.
- Giamanco said he is haunted by the scenes he heard and regretted not saving every victim, and he described firing additional shots when the attacker scrambled for a weapon.
- Bend police have publicly credited Giamanco and an unidentified teacher who grappled with the shooter for halting the rampage, said Giamanco was carrying his gun legally, and have not taken immediate criminal action against him.
- Federal and local investigators, including the FBI and ATF, continue to probe the shooter’s motive, online activity and how he obtained the pump‑action shotgun and ammunition even as the community receives counseling and schools remain focused on recovery.