Man stopped the Oregon elementary school shooter has 2 daughters at the school, his mom says
A person places flowers at a makeshift memorial on the other side of Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The man who stopped a deadly elementary school attack in Oregon by shooting the gunman inside the building is the father of two girls at the school, his mother said Friday.
In a statement read to reporters Friday, Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, intervened in Thursday’s attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend and shot the teenage shooter.
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