Details are beginning to emerge about Kaylub Giamanco, the man who brought the deadly shooting at elementary school in Bend, Oregon on Thursday, to an end by fatally shooting the 16-year-old suspect in the midst of a violent rampage. Authorities have yet to officially release the man’s identity, but Kaylub Giamanco’s family issued a statement on Friday confirming that he shot and killed the suspect. A lifelong resident of Bend with two daughters at Silver Rail elementary, where three children aged five, eight and 11, and a teacher were killed, and a seven-year-old child and another teacher critically injured, Giamanco was reportedly driving to his home near the school when he heard gunshots and decided to take action.
However, we are not speaking to media at this time. He’s not ready, nor is the family.” Though she did not name him, Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, praised the man who followed the shooter into the school during a news conference on Thursday. Shortly after officers arrived on scene, he said, the attacker was shot by a bystander inside the school.
Officers on scene located “five people who had succumbed to their injuries, including the suspect”. The shooter has been identified by law enforcement officials as John J Griffin II, and authorities are still investigating what led to the deadly attack. He was using a pump-action shotgun purchased by his mother, according to reporting from the .
Anna Betts and Abené Clayton contributed reporting
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