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Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon school last month

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Bellisle, M. (2026, November 3). Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon school last month. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/authorities-release-911-call-from-the-man-who-killed-a-shooter-inside-an-oregon-school-last-month/article_c3419c64-5009-5df6-bd02-3ce10adef9cf.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-03 · by Martha Bellisle

Quick Summary

On Tuesday, authorities released a 911 call from Kaylub Giamanco, who fatally shot a teenage gunman after the shooter killed one teacher and three students at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon last month. The call lasts about a minute and captures Giamanco’s urgent response as he approaches the school to find “someone with a gun.” He tells the operator that he has a gun and will shoot the shooter if necessary, before intervening to stop the attack.
Written by AI on 2026-11-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On November 3, 2026, authorities released a frantic 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco, who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The call lasted about one minute and was made as Giamanco was driving home for lunch when he saw the shooter at the school his daughter attends. In the recording, Giamanco stated, “I have a gun and I will shoot them right now,” indicating his intent to intervene after seeing the teen fire a shotgun and enter the school. The 16-year-old shooter killed three students aged 5, 8, and 11 years old, as well as a 25-year-old teacher, before being shot dead by Giamanco. Giamanco’s two daughters were inside the school but survived the attack.

Written for “Hero Dad's Oregon School Shooting Call Released” on 2026-11-04, grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.
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Story

📰 Hero Dad's Oregon School Shooting Call Released
Crime & Law · 4 article(s) covering the same event. See how they differ ↓

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CBS News
Hedges 1 of 23 claims Outlet record 65/100
New York Post
Hedges 1 of 3 claims Outlet record 66/100
NBC News
Hedges 0 of 17 claims Outlet record 78/100
“The articles describe different aspects of the incident: one focuses on an educator's actions during the attack, while the other is about a parent who fatally shot the shooter.”
The Independent
Hedges 1 of 23 claims Outlet record 59/100
New York Post
Hedges 0 of 8 claims Outlet record 66/100
“While both articles refer to the shooting incident at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon, Article A focuses on the heroic actions of a teacher who tackled the shooter, while Article B describes a separate event involving a man who fatally shot the shooter. These are two distinct incidents within the broader event.”
Fox News
Hedges 2 of 16 claims Outlet record 68/100
“Article A describes a teacher's emotional message after an attack, while Article B reports on the release of a 911 call from a man who shot the gunman. These are related events but describe different specific incidents.”
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Toronto Star · 11337 article(s) · 28 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

Martha Bellisle
6 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I have a gun and I will shoot them right now,” he said.
🔮 “I have a gun and I swill shoot them right now,” said Giamanco, who was driving home for lunch and saw the shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School.
🔮 Patton said she has struggled to explain what happened to her daughter, who asked her, “Mommy, why would someone want to take a gun and kill us at school?”
🔮 FBI Seattle Special Agent in Charge W. Mike Herrington said investigators do not know whether Van Rootselaar would have carried out the attack without Bryant’s alleged support.
🔮 SEATTLE (AP) — Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach erosion and flooding in areas already impacted by climate change and El Niño.
🔮 Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach erosion and flooding in areas already impacted by climate change and El Niño.
Also by Martha Bellisle
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Topics

Oregon Silver Rail Elementary School

Subjects

Giamanco PERSON · 1× Kaylub Giamanco PERSON · 1× Oregon GPE · 1× Silver Rail Elementary School ORG · 1×

Narrative

A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed a teacher and three students at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-03
🔮 “I have a gun and I swill shoot them right now,” said Giamanco, who was driving home for lunch and saw the shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School.

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed a teacher and three students at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday. asserted
who → shoot → school
In a tense call lasting a little more than a minute, Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 operator there’s “someone with a gun” at the school his daughter attends. asserted
daughter → last → school
“I have a gun and I swill shoot them right now,” said Giamanco, who was driving home for lunch and saw the shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School. asserted
who → have → School
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