Bystander Recalls Killing Oregon School Shooter

Kaylub Giamanco, whose two daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, said he followed a gunman into the school on Oct. 15 and shot 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, ending an attack that killed three children and a teacher. Giamanco said he entered the classroom after seeing a teacher struggle with the gunman, whose intervention gave him a brief opportunity to act. He recalled that the wounded gunman tried to speak, but Giamanco told him, “F—k you,” saying he did not want to hear from someone who had taken innocent lives. Giamanco described going into “mission mode” during the confrontation and said fear and strong physical reactions came afterward, as he contacted his family and reunited with his children.