In a quiet corner of Bend, Oregon, a man who describes himself simply as a carpenter has begun to speak about the morning he walked into Silver Rail school and ended a gunman's attack. Kaylub Giamanco's account, carried by several outlets, reveals a rescuer who did what he believed he had to do and who now carries the weight of those he could not reach. In a world that often rushes to name heroes, his reluctance to wear that title reminds us that courage and grief frequently arrive together.
Man Who Killed Bend School Shooter Says He Regrets Children He Couldn't Save
A school shooting in Bend, Oregon left children dead or injured, and the rescuer says he could not save some of them.
I have to go in.
In a quiet corner of Bend, Oregon, a man who describes himself simply as a carpenter has begun to speak about the morning he walked into Silver Rail school and ended a gunman's attack. Kaylub Giamanco's account, carried by several outlets, reveals a rescuer who did what he believed he had to do and who now carries the weight of those he could not reach. In a world that often rushes to name heroes, his reluctance to wear that title reminds us that courage and grief frequently arrive together.
A man who calls himself just a carpenter from Bend, Oregon, is now describing the day he went into a school and killed a gunman, and the weight he cannot set down afterward. His name is Kaylub Giamanco, and outlets including OPB, The New York Times, CNN, KATU and FOX 8 News have carried versions of his account.
The shooting took place at Silver Rail school in Bend. OPB describes him as a father, and quotes him describing himself in plain terms: a carpenter who never expected to be in this position. The most striking detail is a phone call. Before he entered the building, he spoke with a 911 dispatcher, telling them 'I have to go in,' and warning that people were going to die. In that moment, the decision was made in his own voice, while he was still on the line with emergency services.
What has drawn the most attention since is what he says about the outcome. He has said there were children he did not save, and he carries regrets about it. The coverage frames this as the personal toll on a man others have called a hero, one who is grappling with the aftermath rather than claiming the title.
The reporting available here does not give an official count of the children killed or injured, nor their ages. Those figures, along with how long the attack lasted, how many shots were fired, how the gunman was identified, and what investigators have found about motive, should come from authorities and fuller reports.
A man who calls himself just a carpenter from Bend, Oregon, is now publicly describing the day he went into a school and killed a gunman, and what he says he cannot put down afterward. His name is Kaylub Giamanco, and several outlets, including OPB, The New York Times, CNN, KATU and FOX 8 News, have carried versions of his account.
The shooting took place at Silver Rail school in Bend. According to the coverage, Giamanco shot and killed the gunman. OPB describes him as a father, and quotes him describing himself in plain terms: a carpenter from Bend, not someone who expected to be in this position.
The most striking detail in the reporting is a phone call. Giamanco spoke with a 911 dispatcher before he entered the building. CNN's headline quotes him telling the dispatcher, 'I have to go in,' and adds his warning that people were going to die. The Times headline carries the same first words. Taken together, they place the decision in his own voice, made while he was still on the line with emergency services.
What has drawn the most attention since is what he says about the outcome. Headlines from FOX 8 and KATU quote or paraphrase him saying that there were children he did not save, and that he carries regrets about it. The coverage frames this as the personal toll on a man whom others have called a hero, and who is grappling with the aftermath rather than claiming the title.
The human cost of the shooting is central to why he feels this way. Children were killed or wounded at the school, and Giamanco himself speaks of those he could not reach. The material available here does not give an official casualty count, the number of children killed or injured, or the age of the victims, so those figures should be sought from authorities and from fuller reports.
The account also leaves open several questions that the headlines alone cannot answer: how long the attack lasted, how many shots were fired, how the gunman was identified, and what the investigation has found about motive. Those details would come from law enforcement and from the full interviews, not from the summaries available here.
What the coverage does establish is the shape of one man's experience: a call to a dispatcher, a decision to enter the school, a gunman killed, and an aftermath in which he measures his actions by the children he says he could not save. Watch for official casualty details and for follow-up reporting from investigators on the shooting itself.
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I have to go in. People are going to die.— Kaylub Giamanco, to a 911 dispatcher, per CNN headline
I'm just a carpenter from Bend.— Kaylub Giamanco, per OPB headline
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