Dad who stopped Oregon school shooting details moment he killed gunman: “He had taken the lives of innocent little babies”

November 10, 2026 / 10:46 AM EST / CBS News

The father who shot and killed a gunman at his daughters' Oregon school opened up about his experience in his first network television interview on "CBS Mornings," recounting the moment he fought with the shooter and how his heroic actions have affected him since.

Kaylub Giamanco, 36, was driving by Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15 on his way home for lunch when he saw the shooter, later identified as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, fire at a passing pickup truck with a shotgun. The shooter then forced his way into the school, where Giamanco's two daughters are students.

"It was like fight or flight, and something clicked, and I just, I analyzed the situation. I knew something was up. All the emotions flood out of me. I just kind of went into a mission mode," Giamanco said.

Giamanco called 911 and said he was following the shooter into the building. He said he then crawled into the building and peeked into the classroom window, where he saw the gunman struggling with a teacher. She was unarmed, but had thrown her cellphone at the shooter and tackled him, according…

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