Father's 911 call released after Oregon school shooting

Bend police released a recording of a 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco, the father who shot the suspect in the October 15 school shooting. The audio, lasting slightly more than a minute, was made public on Tuesday. Giamanco was driving home for lunch when he saw the attacker at Silver Rail Elementary, where his daughter attends school.

In the recording, Giamanco tells the dispatcher, “I have a gun and I’m gonna shoot him right now.” The operator urged him to wait for an officer to arrive. Giamanco grew increasingly frustrated, stating, “I’m about to go kill this boy.” Seconds later, he reported the attacker entering the building. The dispatcher asked if the suspect was firing. Giamanco confirmed this before the line cut out.

The incident occurred in an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. The attacker, Griffin J. John II, was 16 years old. He broke through locked doors to gain entry to the building. Inside a special education classroom, he killed three students and one teacher. Another student suffered serious injuries, and a second teacher was hospitalized.

A teacher attempted to stop John before Giamanco entered the school through an open window. Giamanco opened the classroom door and fired, dropping the attacker.

The release of the audio provides a direct account of the minutes before the fatal confrontation. The city of Bend released the files as part of its ongoing review of the event.