911 call captures hero dad’s bravery before he took down Oregon elementary school gunman

Newly released 911 audio reveals Kaylub Giamanco’s urgent call before he entered Silver Rail Elementary School with a gun to stop an active shooter. The audio captures his fear and resolve as he heard children pleading and gunfire, leading him to intervene. He ultimately shot the 16-year-old attacker after a teacher’s struggle, but expressed anguish over the lives he could not save.

• Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two students at Silver Rail Elementary, made a 911 call expressing his intent to shoot the gunman if necessary.
• The 911 dispatcher urged Giamanco to wait for police, but he entered the school after hearing children’s pleas and gunfire.
• Giamanco legally carried a pistol in his vehicle and used it to shoot the 16-year-old attacker multiple times.
• A teacher had initially struggled with the gunman before Giamanco’s intervention.
• The attack resulted in the deaths of three children and a teacher, with another child and teacher wounded.
• Giamanco expressed gratitude for saving lives but also sorrow for those he could not save.