Father who killed Oregon school gunman describes anguish over children he couldn't save
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Watch: Bystander who stopped Oregon school shooter describes how he approached gunman A father who fatally shot a gunman at his daughters' school in the US state of Oregon has described his anguish over being unable to save more pupils after "hearing children pleading for their lives".
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Three students and a teacher were killed by a 16-year-old former student at Silver Rail Elementary School earlier this month.
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The attacker was then killed by Kaylub Giamanco. "I want to apologise for not saving their babies," Giamanco, who has been hailed as a hero, said of his thoughts for the parents of the children killed, in an interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) that aired on Friday.
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"The gratitude for saving people's children is awesome, but there were ones that I didn't save."
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Giamanco, 36, said he wanted to meet the victims' families and "cry with them and hold them".
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He credited a teacher who fought the attacker with giving him the chance to intervene without losing his own life.
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"I would love to give her a hug because that's a real true hero," he said.
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The students who were killed were all boys, aged five, eight and 11.
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They were among six people in total who were shot in a classroom at the school, police said. Alongside the teacher who was killed, another child and a teacher were wounded. Giamanco told OPB that the day of the attack began with breakfast and making packed lunches.
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He and his wife had spent extra time getting their daughters ready because it was school picture day. The carpenter had taken lunch to work but decided to go home to eat with his wife instead.
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That decision brought him past the school as the attack began. He initially wondered whether someone carrying a long gun was playing a prank.
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Then he saw him fire at a pickup truck and head towards the school. Giamanco retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and called emergency services.
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"I said, 'I'm sorry, I have to go in.
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People are going to die'," he told the broadcaster. He followed the attacker, who shot through the school's locked glass doors.
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Hearing children pleading for their lives and more gunfire, Giamanco crawled towards the building. "I told myself this is probably the last thing that I'm ever going to do," he said.
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Three schoolchildren and a teacher were killed in the shooting Giamanco crawled through a shattered window and reached the classroom, where a teacher was locked in a struggle with the gunman.
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He opened the door and fired.
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Giamanco told OPB he fired again when the attacker reached for his weapon. He then placed his own gun on the ground and raised his hands as an officer appeared.
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He described feeling like the "last line of defence" between the children and the gunman, and said he "was supposed to be there" that day. Afterwards, he called his wife to say he would not be home for lunch and that she needed to get to the school immediately.
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He then called his mother to tell her what had happened.
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"Mum, I just had to take the life of what I think is might be a child because he ran into my daughter's school with a gun," he said. Police identified the gunman as Griffin J John II - a former pupil who had attended special education classes at the school.
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His motive remains under investigation.
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Police said the teacher who confronted the attacker had thrown her phone at him, tackled him and fought to take his shotgun. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said she "almost certainly helped prevent more bloodshed".
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The youngest victim was Rhoam Summer, aged five. His father said the family was "broken and lost".
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Megan Lambert, 25, the teacher who was killed, was working in what her family described as her "dream job". "She always fought for the underdog and those with special needs," they said.
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The other two boys have not been publicly named at their families' request.
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The injured teacher has been named as Becky Drury, 54.
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She said in a statement shared with US media that the gunman shot her as she tried to shut her classroom door.
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Children aged 5, 8 and 11 killed in US school shooting before suspect shot by bystander Teacher in Oregon shooting said she pretended to be dead to survive Giamanco's name became public less than a day after the shooting. His mother, Kenda Freeman, read a family statement saying he was not seeking recognition and asking for privacy.
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Shortly after the attack, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek praised his intervention while acknowledging its emotional cost.
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"Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well," she said.
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Giamanco told OPB he now lies awake after his family goes to bed, replaying the attack. "I relive, I see faces, I hear voices, I hear screams."
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