911 call released from father who fatally shot Bend school gunman

A 911 call released Nov. 3 captures what a Bend father told a dispatcher just before he went into his daughters’ elementary school and fatally shot a 16-year-old gunman.

Kaylub Giamanco, 36, called 911 on Oct. 15 after seeing someone with a gun at Silver Rail Elementary School. He told the dispatcher he was armed. She urged him to wait for police.

Three students and a teacher were killed in the shooting. Another student and teacher were seriously wounded.

What did Giamanco tell 911?

In the recording released by Deschutes County, Giamanco repeatedly names Silver Rail Elementary as he and the dispatcher talk over each other. He tells her he was driving by and didn’t know the person with the gun.

When the dispatcher asks where the shooter is at the school, Giamanco says the person is on the south side and going into the building. He then tells her the person is firing. The dispatcher says help is on the way before the call ends.

Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting that some of the dispatcher’s questions frustrated him, though he understood she had procedures to follow. He said he went inside because he believed people would die if he waited.

You can listen to the 911 recording at OPB or read the transcript here:

Deschutes County 911
911, what’s the address of the emergency?

Kaylub Giamanco
Oh my God!

Kaylub Giamanco
Hi, yeah. Someone’s at the school with a, at my daughter’s school with a gun. I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now if I-

Deschutes County 911
Okay, tell me exactly what happened. Don’t do anything. Let me get an officer there, okay?

Kaylub Giamanco
Silver Rail Elementary!

Deschutes County 911
Okay, I understand.

Kaylub Giamanco
He has a gun right now!

Deschutes County 911
Stay on the line with me. What’s the phone number you’re calling from? Tell me who it – do you know who it is?

Kaylub Giamanco
This is my daughter’s school. I’m about to go kill this kid!

Kaylub Giamanco
No, I don’t ——- know. I was just driving to school.

Deschutes County 911
Okay, where, where are they at?

Kaylub Giamanco
I see him now. He’s in the school.

Deschutes County 911
Where? Where? I understand. Where is the person at in the school?

Kaylub Giamanco
They’re on the south side entering the building right now. ——–, they’re ——- shooting people. Tell them –

Deschutes County 911
Are they shooting? Is he, shooting it?

Kaylub Giamanco
Yeah, he’s shooting.

Deschutes County 911
Okay. Tell me, is he a white male, Black male, Hispanic?

Deschutes County 911
Sir? Sir, I need you to tell me what’s going on. We have help en route.

Deschutes County 911
(Another dispatch): Is it Silver Rail Elementary? We’ve got a lot of-

What happened inside Silver Rail Elementary?

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said a teacher threw her cellphone at the gunman and was struggling with him for control of his shotgun when Giamanco fired, killing the teenager.

By then, three students ages 5, 8, and 11 and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lambert had been fatally shot. A 7-year-old student and another teacher survived their injuries.

Krantz credited Giamanco’s quick response with saving lives and praised the teacher who fought the gunman. He spoke the day after the shooting.