{"id":258835,"date":"2026-10-16T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=258835"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:34:54","slug":"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">4<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A licensed concealed carrier and father of two students is being credited with stopping a deadly attack at an Oregon elementary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/flashalert.net\/id\/bendpolice?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">Bend Police<\/a>, a 16-year-old gunman entered Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday and killed three children and a teacher. The victims were ages 5, 8 and 11, along with an adult educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 7-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were also critically injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is now praising the armed citizen who pursued the attacker into the school and fatally shot him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce again, an armed citizen with a concealed carry license has intervened in a tragic incident,\u201d CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-armed-father-ran-toward-the-danger\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\" data-level=\"2\">Armed Father Ran Toward the Danger<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ccrkba-says-his-actions-saved-lives\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\" data-level=\"2\">CCRKBA Says His Actions Saved Lives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-oregon-governor-praises-the-intervention\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\" data-level=\"2\">Oregon Governor Praises the Intervention<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bend school shooting update |\u00a05-year-old victim, bystander and suspect identified\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SNkv2FDiiYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-armed-father-ran-toward-the-danger\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Armed Father Ran Toward the Danger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police initially described the person who stopped the attack only as a \u201ccommunity member.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His family identified him Friday as Kaylub Giamanco, a lifelong Bend resident and father of two girls who attend Silver Rail Elementary, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/989180ae6e9aa2ed6a4239c8e3423085?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giamanco\u2019s brother told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/national-international\/live-updates-bend-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-teen-gunman-victims-identified\/4003472\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\"><em>NBC News<\/em><\/a> that he holds a concealed-weapon permit and decided to enter the school after seeing the attacker go inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giamanco\u2019s mother, Kenda Freeman, said her son does not want recognition. The family asked for privacy as he processes the attack and its aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shooting began shortly before 1 p.m. on October 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bend Police received the first call at 12:59 p.m. from someone in a vehicle reporting that a person with a long gun had fired at them. Dispatchers then received multiple calls saying the attacker had entered the school and begun shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said the gunman forced his way through locked doors by shooting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt-for-red-october-true-story-angelo-belloni\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">The Real Red October Heist You Never Heard Of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The school entered lockdown at 1:01 p.m. Officers arrived one minute later. Moments afterward, police learned that an armed community member had followed the attacker inside and engaged him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur officers entered the building and confirmed the suspect was dead,\u201d Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said during the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bendoregon.gov\/event\/shooter-incident-at-silver-rail-elementary-school-press-conference\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">Thursday evening press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire attack unfolded within a matter of minutes, according to reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/10\/15\/bend-reels-after-school-shooting\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-ccrkba-says-his-actions-saved-lives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCRKBA Says His Actions Saved Lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gottlieb said there is no overlooking the horrific loss of three children and a teacher. However, he argued that the armed father\u2019s intervention prevented the attacker from taking even more lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are heartbroken that three children and a teacher died in this horrendous event,\u201d Gottlieb said, \u201cbut we are gratified that a local resident had the tool, and the courage, to take quick action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCRKBA also praised the rapid response from Bend Police and the Deschutes County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krantz said the first officers reached the school approximately three minutes after the initial emergency call. Bend officers had also completed a full day of active-shooter training in August, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/police-seek-answers-after-children-killed-oregon-school-shooting-2026-10-16\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with that response, the armed parent was already confronting the killer as officers entered the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the need arose, an armed citizen was fortunately there to immediately respond,\u201d Gottlieb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-oregon-governor-praises-the-intervention\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oregon Governor Praises the Intervention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek also publicly thanked Giamanco during the initial press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life, your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and my thoughts are with you,\u201d Kotek said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.oregon.gov\/oregon-newsroom\/OR\/GOV\/Posts\/Post\/governor-kotek-issues-statement-on-silver-rail-elementary-shooting?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-father-stops-oregon-school-shooter\" title=\"Armed Father Stops Oregon School Shooter\">official statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor also praised the school\u2019s staff, parents and first responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have not publicly announced a motive or confirmed whether the teenage attacker had any connection to Silver Rail Elementary. The investigation remains active, with federal and state agencies assisting Bend Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For CCRKBA, the case provides another example of how quickly an armed citizen can become the immediate responder during a life-threatening emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no happy ending to an attack that took four innocent lives. However, police, state officials and 2A advocates agree that Giamanco\u2019s decision to run toward the gunfire prevented an already devastating day from becoming even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Self-defense doesn\u2019t end when the threat goes down. That\u2019s when the real battle begins. Lawyers. Prosecutors. Headlines. 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