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Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released

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Sundby, A. (2026, November 3). Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-school-shooting-hero-dad-911-call/

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CBS News · collected 2026-11-03 · by Alex Sundby

Quick Summary

On October 15 in Bend, Oregon, Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old father, made a frantic 911 call after seeing a shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School where his two daughters were inside. During the roughly 80-second call, Giamanco expressed his intention to confront the gunman with his own weapon if necessary. The article focuses on Giamanco’s perspective and actions in responding to the school shooting that left three children and one teacher dead before he intervened and killed the shooter.
Written by AI on 2026-11-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On November 3, 2026, authorities released a frantic 911 call from Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old Oregon carpenter who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. The caller was driving home for lunch when he witnessed the teenager firing a shotgun and scaling the school fence on October 15. In his approximately one-minute call, Giamanco warned of "someone with a gun" and declared, "I have a gun and I will shoot them right now." Despite the dispatcher's pleas to wait for police, Giamanco intervened, entering the building and confronting the shooter.

The shooting left three students (ages 5, 8, and 11) and a teacher dead. In earlier interviews with Oregon Public Broadcasting, Giamanco recounted hearing children pleading for their lives as he crawled towards the gunman. His actions have been widely hailed as heroic for stopping further deaths at the school where his two daughters were also present but unharmed during the incident.

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Topics

Bend Oregon

Subjects

Giamanco PERSON · 13× Oregon GPE · 2× Bend GPE · 1× God PERSON · 1× Kaylub Giamanco PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Giamanco's two daughters were inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, when he happened to drive by the school and see the shooter begin his rampage.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-03
🔮 I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I have to," 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 dispatcher as the Oct. 15 shooting was beginning to unfold.
2026-11-03 · CBS News
Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released · assertive framing

Claims (23 extracted, 1 hedged)

The armed father who was hailed for his during a at his daughters' elementary school in Oregon frantically called authorities before he went after the shooter, according to a recording of the 911 call released Tuesday. uncertain
he → hail → call
I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I have to," 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 dispatcher as the Oct. 15 shooting was beginning to unfold. asserted
shooting → have → dispatcher
Giamanco's two daughters were inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, when he happened to drive by the school and see the shooter begin his rampage. asserted
shooter → happen → rampage
Giamanco's girls survived the attack. asserted
girls → survive → attack
The shooter killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. asserted
shooter → kill → children
Giamanco killed the after rushing into the school with his handgun. asserted
Giamanco → kill → handgun
The roughly 80-second-long recording released Tuesday captures the initial chaos surrounding the shooting, which started when the gunman shot at a vehicle. asserted
gunman → release → vehicle
Giamanco previously told he went for his gun in a panic after he saw the shooter throw his weapon over the school's fence and then climb after it. asserted
shooter → tell → it
After Giamanco described the situation to the dispatcher, the dispatcher asked exactly what happened. asserted
what → describe → dispatcher
" Giamanco told her. asserted
Giamanco → tell → her
The dispatcher asked Giamanco for his phone number and then if he knew who the shooter was. asserted
shooter → ask → number
I'm about to go kill this kid," Giamanco said. asserted
Giamanco → go → kid
The dispatcher asked again if he knew the shooter's identity. asserted
he → ask → identity
"No, I don't f---ing know, I was just driving," Giamanco said. asserted
Giamanco → know → ?
Giamanco then told the dispatcher the shooter was inside the school. asserted
shooter → tell → school
The dispatcher asked where. asserted
dispatcher → ask → ?
Giamanco again gave the name of the school. asserted
Giamanco → give → school
When the dispatcher asked where the shooter was located in the school, he provided additional details. asserted
he → ask → details
"God d--- it, they're f---ing shooting people. asserted
they → d--- → people
Come on!" Giamanco said. asserted
Giamanco → come → ?
The call ends shortly after the dispatcher asked for a description of the shooter. asserted
dispatcher → end → shooter
"Sir, I need you to tell me what's going on," the dispatcher said. asserted
dispatcher → need → me
"We have help en route." asserted
We → have → help
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