Oregon Father Is the Latest Armed Civilian to Confront a Gunman in a US Mass Shooting
Police said 29 of 634 active attack cases ended with armed civilians shooting the attacker before officers arrived.
- 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 634 "active attack" incidents from 2000 to 2025, finding that only 29 ended when armed civilians shot the attacker.
- In 2019, 71-year-old firearms instructor Jack Wilson killed a gunman at West Freeway Church of Christ; Stephen Willeford wounded an attacker at a Sutherland Springs church in 2017.
- Texas created a school marshal program in 2013 allowing trained staff to carry concealed firearms on campus, reflecting proponents' argument that armed citizens serve as a first line of defense.
- Some interveners possess military or law enforcement training, while 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 center spokesperson.
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