Overview
- The attack at Silver Rail Elementary on Thursday involved a 16-year-old gunman who police say killed three students and one teacher before the shooter was found dead inside the building.
- Family and local reports identify 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two students, as the bystander who rushed into the school and fired at the attacker while carrying a concealed firearm.
- Officials have not yet confirmed who fired the shot that killed the attacker and federal and local teams are conducting ballistics, weapons-trace and forensic work to establish the sequence of shots.
- At least two victims remain in critical condition, including a 7-year-old who was airlifted to a Portland children’s hospital for emergency surgery after being shot in the face, and a 54-year-old teacher is also hospitalized.
- The community has opened a reunification center and held vigils, and reporting says investigators will next focus on forensic findings and how the teenage shooter obtained the weapon.