Man who killed sniper in school in Oregon is father to two students

O man who killed the teenager responsible for yesterday's attack on Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, is the father of two students attending school, revealed his mother to Associated Press. In turn, at CNN International, his brother revealed the name Kaylub Giamanco.

Also the shooter has been identified, in the case of Griffin J. John II, a 16-year-old, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said at a press conference this Friday. The four fatalities were shot inside the same special education classroom.

Steven Cook, superintendent of the Bend-La Pine school district, added that the shooter had also been a special education student at that school.

As for Giamanco, 36, Mike Krantz explained today that he “heard gunshots and saw a teacher involved in a physical altercation with the suspect.” Then he entered the room and “fired his gun,” hitting the shooter “several times”. 

The victims, remember, are three children – 5, 8 and 11 – and a teacher. Another 7 - year - old child and a 54 - year - old teacher were transported to the hospital with “critical injuries”.

According to Bend’s police earlier, the warning “about an active shooter” was given on Thursday around 12:59 p.m. locations (20:59 in Lisbon), and the first information indicated that “an unidentified man had shot a car”.

“ The next minute, the communications center of Deschutes County received several calls to the 911 to inform that a person had entered the school and started shooting”, explained the authority.

Three minutes after the alert, at 1:02 p.m., the police officers arrived at school and, “seconds later, the officers reported that the suspect had been shot and killed, possibly by a civilian who was at the scene.”.

At a press conference Thursday night, Governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, thanked the civilian who chased the shooter. “To the member of the community who intervened heroically to prevent further loss of life: their actions carry a heavy emotional burden and I just want you to know that my thoughts are also with you,” he said.

The attacker used a ‘pump’ shotgun that had been purchased by the mother, according to a security officer. The person responsible spoke to Associated Press, but did not want to be identified, since he was not allowed to discuss the investigation publicly.

The school in Bend, Oregon, which is over 100 miles southeast of Portland, had 459 students enrolled last year, according to the Oregon Department of Education.

The school welcomes students from kindergarten until the fifth year of schooling.