Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released

Key points

• Kaylub Giamanco called 911 before entering Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, to confront the shooter.
• The shooter killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher on Oct. 15.
• Giamanco, whose two daughters were inside the school, killed the 16-year-old shooter with his handgun.

A recording released Tuesday shows the frantic 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco, the armed father who killed a school shooter at his daughters' elementary school in Bend, Oregon. On the roughly 80-second call, the 36-year-old told a dispatcher he had a gun and would shoot the attacker if necessary.

Giamanco's two daughters were inside Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15 when he drove past and saw the shooter begin the attack. The shooter killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Giamanco's daughters survived, and he killed the 16-year-old shooter after rushing into the school with his handgun.

What the call captured

Giamanco's first words on the recording were "Oh my God," according to the report. He named the school to the dispatcher and said, "This is my daughters' school. I'm about to go kill this kid."

When asked whether he knew the shooter's identity, Giamanco said he did not and that he had just been driving. The call ends shortly after the dispatcher asked for a description of the shooter and said help was on the way.

Someone's at the school, at my daughters' school with a gun. I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I have to

— Kaylub Giamanco

How the shooting began

The report says the attack started when the gunman shot at a vehicle. Giamanco previously told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he went for his gun in a panic after seeing the shooter throw his weapon over the school's fence and climb after it.