Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released

The equipped begetter who was hailed for his heroic actions during a deadly shooting astatine his daughters' simple schoolhouse successful Oregon frantically called authorities earlier helium went aft the shooter, according to a signaling of the 911 telephone released Tuesday.

"Someone's astatine the school, astatine my daughters' schoolhouse with a gun. I person a gun, and I volition sprout them close present if I person to," 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 dispatcher arsenic the Oct. 15 shooting was opening to unfold.

Giamanco's 2 daughters were wrong Silver Rail Elementary School successful Bend, Oregon, erstwhile helium happened to thrust by the schoolhouse and spot the shooter statesman his rampage. Giamanco's girls survived the attack.

The shooter killed 3 children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Giamanco killed the 16-year-old shooter aft rushing into the schoolhouse with his handgun.

The astir 80-second-long signaling released Tuesday captures the archetypal chaos surrounding the shooting, which started erstwhile the gunman changeable astatine a vehicle. Giamanco antecedently told Oregon Public Broadcasting helium went for his weapon successful a panic aft helium saw the shooter propulsion his limb implicit the school's obstruction and past ascent aft it.

Giamanco's archetypal words connected the 911 telephone were, "Oh my God."

After Giamanco described the concern to the dispatcher, the dispatcher asked precisely what happened.

"Silver Rail Elementary! Silver Rail Elementary!" Giamanco told her.

The dispatcher asked Giamanco for his telephone fig and past if helium knew who the shooter was.

"This is my daughters' school. I'm astir to spell termination this kid," Giamanco said.

The dispatcher asked again if helium knew the shooter's identity.

"No, I don't f---ing know, I was conscionable driving," Giamanco said.

Giamanco past told the dispatcher the shooter was wrong the school. The dispatcher asked where. Giamanco again gave the sanction of the school. When the dispatcher asked wherever the shooter was located successful the school, helium provided further details.

"God d--- it, they're f---ing shooting people. Come on!" Giamanco said.

The telephone ends soon aft the dispatcher asked for a statement of the shooter.

"Sir, I request you to archer maine what's going on," the dispatcher said. "We person assistance en route."

Lucia I Suarez Sang contributed to this report.

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