Father who killed Oregon school shooter speaks out for first time: ‘I have to go in’
Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, stopped a school shooting at Silver Rail elementary in Bend, Oregon, where his children attend school. On October 15, Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former student, broke into the school and shot six people, killing Megan Lambert, a 25-year-old teacher, and three children.
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Open questions and key claims
It is devastating and the kind of thing we never want to see happen in Bend.
'It's really hard to believe'
Donald Trump called Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries a 'disgrace' and found Zelenskyy 'more difficult to deal with than Putin'.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised the community member who intervened to stop further loss of life.
Bend police chief Mike Krantz stated that officers responded within minutes and the attacker was shot by a bystander inside the school.
The teacher's actions were called 'heroic' by the Police Chief.
US President Donald Trump called the parent who shot the gunman a 'great hero'.
Teacher Becky Drury pretended to be dead to survive a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School.