Hero dad who took down Oregon school shooter identified along with teacher, student both killed in attack
The teacher killed in a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, school was identified by police Friday as 25-year-old Meghan Lambert. The hero who took down the shooter was Kaylub Giamanco.
TL;DR
- Kaylub Giamanco, 36, was identified as the bystander who fatally shot the teenage gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School.
- The shooting resulted in the deaths of three children (ages 5, 8, and 11) and a teacher, 25-year-old Meghan Lambert.
- A 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were critically injured.
- A teacher in the classroom tackled the shooter and threw her cellphone at him, preventing further bloodshed.
- Giamanco legally owned the .40-caliber pistol he used and retrieved it from his car.
- The shooter forced his way into the school by firing a shotgun at locked doors and fired up to 15 rounds in the classroom.
- The school has approximately 400 students from kindergarten to fifth grade and about 40 staff members.