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He stopped the gunman, but the grief remains: Oregon father Kaylub Giamanco recounts confronting school shooter

Kaylub Giamanco, the Oregon father who stopped a gunman at a school in Bend, has spoken for the first time about what happened.

He stopped the gunman, but the grief remains: Oregon father Kaylub Giamanco recounts confronting school shooter

Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter from Bend, Oregon, gained national attention after stopping a school shooting that took place at Silver Rail Elementary on October 15. The shooter, 16-year-old Griffin J John II, killed three children and a teacher before Giamanco confronted and fatally shot him. Giamanco's actions saved lives, but he is haunted by the grief that remains, particularly the loss of some children whose lives he could not save.

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