Teacher and Armed Father Stop Oregon School Shooter
· World · Times of India, The Independent
A teacher and an armed parent stopped a 16-year-old gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, preventing further casualties. The shooter, identified as former student Griffin J John II, killed three children and a teacher before being confronted. The teacher threw her cellphone at the teenager and attempted to disarm him, while 36-year-old Kaylub Giamanco entered the classroom and fatally shot the suspect. Authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack and how the teenager obtained the firearm. The incident resulted in the deaths of three children aged five, eight, and 11, and 25-year-old teacher Meghan Lambert.
Why it matters
The intervention by the teacher and the armed parent is credited by local police with preventing a higher death toll during the school shooting.
Read the original report — Times of India
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