Oregon Father Is the Latest Armed Civilian to Confront a Gunman in a US Mass Shooting
Police said the father legally stored a handgun in his vehicle and shot at the attacker after hearing gunfire, as three students and a teacher died.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump praised Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, who confronted a teenage gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, where three students and a teacher were killed.
- The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University tracked what it calls "active attack" incidents from 2000 to 2025, finding such civilian interventions remain rare.
- Out of 634 cases studied, only 29 ended when armed civilians shot the attacker. In 2019, 71-year-old firearms instructor Jack Wilson stopped a gunman at West Freeway Church of Christ.
- Texas created a school marshal program in 2013 allowing trained staff to carry concealed firearms on campus, reflecting proponent arguments that armed citizens serve as a first line of defense.
- While some interveners possess military or law enforcement training, others simply react in chaotic moments. "They recognize they may be the only way to stop it before law enforcement arrives," said James Keith, a spokesperson for the center.
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Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting
Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school: with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman.
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Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school: with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman. President Donald Trump joined others Friday in praising a father of two girls who confronted a teenage gunman during the attack at Silver Rail Elementary School, which killed three students...
GoFundMe launched for Kaylub Giamanco, who risked life to stop Oregon school gunman - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES
A GoFundMe has been set up to support Kaylub Giamanco and his family. He is the father who ran into an Oregon elementary school during a shooting and stopped the gunman. The fundraiser says the family has “an incredibly difficult road ahead.” Kaylub Giamanco, a father from Bend, Oregon, who stopped the gunman at Silver ...
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