Kaylub Giamanco
ON THE RECORD · 6 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“Oh my god. Hello 911. Someone’s at the school. My daughter’s school with a gun,”
Kaylub Giamanco · said 2026-10-15 · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco opened his 911 call reporting an armed person at his daughter's school in Bend, Oregon.
“They’re on the south side, entering the building, right now,”
Kaylub Giamanco · said 2026-10-15 · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco described the attacker's location and warned that people were being shot during the 911 call.
“The gratitude for saving people’s children is awesome, but there were ones that I didn’t save.”
Kaylub Giamanco · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco told OPB that while he was grateful for saving some children, others were lost.
“I want to apologize for not saving their babies,”
Kaylub Giamanco · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco expressed anguish to OPB over the children he could not save during the attack.
“That’s when I started hearing children pleading for their lives, and then I started hearing gunfire. And I just started army crawling faster and faster, and I told myself this is probably the last thing that I’m ever going to do,”
Kaylub Giamanco · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting he feared he would not survive going inside the school.
“I have a gun, and I will shoot them right now.”
Kaylub Giamanco · said 2026-10-15 · reported 2026-11-04
Giamanco made a desperate vow to a 911 dispatcher before entering Silver Rail Elementary School to stop a gunman.