Bend-La Pine Schools Honors 2 Heroes After Shooting Kills 4 at Oregon Elementary
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 18
Bend-La Pine Schools Honors 2 Heroes After Shooting Kills 4 at Oregon Elementary
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 18
Summary
Bend-La Pine Schools said Saturday its "hearts are broken" as it honored special education teacher Megan Lambert, 25, and injured aide Becky Drury for their actions during Thursday's attack at Silver Rail Elementary.
The district said Drury is recovering and thanked an unnamed learning specialist who "engaged directly with the shooter," echoing police praise for a teacher who threw a cellphone and tackled the gunman.
4 people were killed — Lambert and children ages 5, 8 and 11 — while a 7-year-old girl and Drury were wounded, according to police.
Kaylub Giamanco, 36, a father of two students, also drew praise after retrieving a legally secured .40-caliber pistol from his car and fatally shooting the teenage attacker inside the school.
Bend residents gathered Saturday at a growing memorial outside the school, leaving flowers, prayers and chalk messages as the community mourned the dead.
What missed warning signs led a former special-needs student to target his old classroom, leaving a grieving community searching for answers?
How did a teenage shooter bypass layered security, and what does an armed parent's rare intervention mean for future school safety protocols?
If the weapon was legally purchased by the shooter's mother, who ultimately bears responsibility when preventative safety measures fail so tragically?
The Silver Rail Elementary Shooting: Inside the October 15 Attack That Claimed Four Lives and Shattered School Security in Bend, Oregon
Overview
On October 15, 16-year-old Griffin J. John II gained access to his mother’s shotgun, threw it over the fence, and entered Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon by shooting through the glass doors. After firing into a special education classroom, he killed a teacher and three young students, and injured two others. An unnamed teacher bravely fought the shooter, and parent Kaylub Giamanco, who witnessed the attack, entered the school and fatally stopped the gunman. The tragedy exposed security gaps, led to community vigils and crisis support, and reignited heated debates in Oregon’s legislature over gun control and school safety measures.