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

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Price, S. (2026, November 4). 911 call captures hero dad’s bravery before he took down Oregon elementary school gunman. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/911-call-captures-hero-dad-bravery-took-down-oregon-elementary-school-gunman

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Fox News · collected 2026-11-04 · by Stepheny Price

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Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old father from Bend, Oregon, was hailed as a hero after he intervened during an October 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, where a 16-year-old gunman killed a teacher and three students. On November 4, authorities released a frantic 911 call Giamanco made before entering the school to confront the shooter. In the call, which lasted about a minute, he warned of "someone with a gun" at his daughters' school and told the dispatcher that he would shoot the gunman if necessary. The teenager was armed with an AR-15-style rifle; Giamanco fatally shot him after entering the building to stop the attack.

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📰 Hero Dad's 911 Call Released
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“Article A describes a teacher's emotional message after the shooting, while Article B focuses on a father who intervened and shot the gunman.”
NBC News
Hedges 0 of 17 claims Outlet record 78/100
“While both articles describe different heroic actions taken during a school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on October 15th, they report on distinct incidents involving separate individuals: an educator confronting the shooter and a father intervening later.”
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Topics

911 Bend OPB Oregon the Deschutes 911 Service District

Subjects

Giamanco PERSON · 6× Bend GPE · 2× OPB ORG · 2× Kaylub Giamanco’s PERSON · 1× Lambert PERSON · 1× Megan Lambert PERSON · 1× Mike Krantz PERSON · 1× Oregon GPE · 1× Oregon Public Broadcasting ORG · 1× the Deschutes 911 Service District ORG · 1×

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An Oregon father who rushed into his daughters' elementary school and shot a gunman made a desperate vow in newly released 911 audio, telling a dispatcher, "I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now." Kaylub Giamanco’s call captures the urgency outside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend on Oct. 15, before the armed father intervened to stop an attack that killed three children and a teacher.
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🔮 An Oregon father who rushed into his daughters' elementary school and shot a gunman made a desperate vow in newly released 911 audio, telling a dispatcher, "I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now." Kaylub Giamanco’s call captures the urgency outside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend on Oct. 15, before the armed father intervened to stop an attack that killed three children and a teacher.

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An Oregon father who rushed into his daughters' elementary school and shot a gunman made a desperate vow in newly released 911 audio, telling a dispatcher, "I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now." Kaylub Giamanco’s call captures the urgency outside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend on Oct. 15, before the armed father intervened to stop an attack that killed three children and a teacher. asserted
that → rush → children
Someone’s at the school. asserted
Someone → ’ → school
," Giamanco says in the recording released by the Deschutes 911 Service District. asserted
Giamanco → say → District
The dispatcher urges him to wait for police. asserted
dispatcher → urge → police
"OK, tell me exactly what happened. asserted
what → tell → ?
Let me get an officer there, OK?" the dispatcher responds. asserted
dispatcher → let → officer
"OK, I understand. asserted
I → understand → ?
As the call continues, voices can be heard discussing where the attacker is and whether he is firing. asserted
he → continue → ?
"They’re on the south side, entering the building, right now," Giamanco says, before warning that people are being shot. asserted
people → enter → building
"Sir, I need you to tell me what’s going on. asserted
what → need → me
We have help en route," the dispatcher says. asserted
dispatcher → have → route
Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter whose two daughters attended the school, later told Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) he feared he would not survive going inside. asserted
he → attend → Broadcasting
"That’s when I started hearing children pleading for their lives, and then I started hearing gunfire. asserted
I → ’ → gunfire
And I just started army crawling faster and faster, and I told myself this is probably the last thing that I’m ever going to do asserted
I → start → that
," he told the outlet. asserted
he → tell → outlet
Giamanco entered the school with a .40-caliber pistol he legally kept in his vehicle and found a teacher struggling with the 16-year-old attacker, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said during an Oct. 16 news conference. The teacher had thrown her cellphone at the gunman and tackled him before Giamanco shot him multiple times, according to the chief. Three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert were killed. uncertain
children → enter → chief
A child and another teacher were wounded, police said. asserted
police → wound → ?
For Giamanco, praise for stopping the gunman has come alongside anguish over those he could not save. uncertain
he → stop → those
"I want to apologize for not saving their babies," he told OPB. asserted
he → want → OPB
"The gratitude for saving people’s children is awesome, but there were ones that I didn’t save." asserted
I → save → that
Lambert’s family praised the father’s intervention in a statement read during the October news conference. asserted
family → praise → conference
"We want the bystander who intervened to know we know he is going through a rough time, but we are grateful, and we think he is a hero," the family said. asserted
family → want → time
"You selflessly put yourself at risk for others." asserted
You → put → others
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