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Father who killed Oregon school shooter describes anguish over children he couldn't save
BBC • • nation
Key Points:
- Kaylub Giamanco, a father who fatally shot a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon, expressed deep anguish over being unable to save all the children during the attack, where three students and a teacher were killed.
- The attacker, a former student named Griffin J John II, shot six people inside a classroom before being stopped by Giamanco, who intervened after hearing children pleading for their lives.
- Giamanco credited a teacher, Megan Lambert, who struggled with the attacker and helped delay him, likely preventing further casualties before Giamanco arrived and shot the gunman.
- The victims included three boys aged five, eight, and eleven, and teacher Megan Lambert; another teacher and a child were wounded in the incident.
- Giamanco described feeling like the "last line of defence" and expressed a desire to meet and support the victims' families, while his own family requested privacy and emphasized he was not seeking recognition.
