Kaylub Giamanco recounts stopping Silver Rail gunman

Kaylub Giamanco said he followed a gunman into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, and shot him after seeing a teacher struggle with the attacker in a classroom. The gunman had killed three children and a teacher before Giamanco fatally shot him, according to police accounts cited in reports about the October 15 attack. In an interview published Friday, October 23, Giamanco described seeing a person carrying a long gun near the school and hearing gunfire. He said he took a handgun from his truck, called 911 and followed the gunman onto school grounds. Giamanco said he became frustrated with the dispatcher’s questions and ended the call, telling the dispatcher he needed to enter because people were in danger. Giamanco recounted moving toward the school while trying to stay out of the gunman’s view. He said he heard children pleading and gunfire, then crawled through a window that had been shot out. Looking into a special education classroom, he saw a teacher struggling with the gunman, he said. Giamanco said he entered and fired. When the attacker reached for his weapon, Giamanco said, he shot him twice more to prevent him from firing again. The teacher fled from the...