Oregon 911 Audio Released of Father Who Stopped Bend Elementary School Shooter

Authorities in Bend, Oregon, have released a 78-second 911 recording in which Kaylub Giamanco, 36, tells a dispatcher he will shoot a gunman at his daughters' elementary school, then rushes in. The Oct. 15 attack at Silver Rail Elementary School killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Police said the 16-year-old former student fired as many as 15 rounds from a pump-action shotgun. On the call, Giamanco says he has a gun and the shooter is inside. The dispatcher tells him to wait for officers and asks for the gunman's race, but his end goes silent after he says he is entering. Giamanco, a carpenter and military veteran, followed the gunman in with a legally secured .40-caliber pistol and shot him. He told OPB he climbed through a broken window and saw a teacher struggling with the gunman in a special-needs classroom. Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said the teacher had thrown her phone at the teen, tackled him and fought for the gun. Police arrived within minutes and found the shooter dead. President Trump called Giamanco a hero at the White House the day after.

The right-leaning Daily Wire leads with the audio itself, calling Giamanco a heroic father and reproducing extended lines from the call. It stresses his frustration as the dispatcher repeatedly talked over him and told him not to intervene. The left-leaning Washington Post, in the headline and excerpt available, also centers on the released tape and the same "I will shoot him" line, but frames it as authorities releasing a recording from the man who killed the gunman, without hero language or emphasis on the dispatcher. Both agree on the date, place and the central quote. ZeroHedge takes a distinct angle: comedian Adam Carolla's complaint that the story took 10 days to reach him, with details on coverage by NBC News and The New York Times.