Hero dad in Oregon school shooting told 911 he’d shoot gunman “right now if I have to” before killing him

Updated on: November 3, 2026 / 3:49 PM EST / CBS News

The armed father who was hailed for his heroic actions during a deadly shooting at his daughters' elementary school in Oregon frantically called authorities before he went after the shooter, according to a recording of the 911 call released Tuesday.

"Someone's at the school, at my daughters' school with a gun. I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I have to," 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 dispatcher as the Oct. 15 shooting was beginning to unfold.

Giamanco's two daughters were inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, when he happened to drive by the school and see the shooter begin his rampage. Giamanco's girls survived the attack.

The shooter killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Giamanco killed the 16-year-old shooter after rushing into the school with his handgun.

The roughly 80-second-long recording released Tuesday captures the initial chaos surrounding the shooting, which started when the gunman shot at a vehicle. Giamanco previously told Oregon Public Broadcasting he went for his gun in a panic after he saw the shooter throw his weapon over the school's…

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