Father who stopped Bend, OR school shooting speaks out

We begin with the shooting just eight days ago at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. A father with two little girls that attend Silver Rail Elementary did the unimaginable. He followed the gunman before firing the fatal shot that ended the violence. I called her and I was like, Mom, I just had to take the life of what I think might be a child. Caleb Giamonco says the first thing he did after stopping the bloodshed at a Bend, Oregon elementary school last Thursday was call his mother. The 36 year old carpenter was emotional, recalling the crucial minutes before he ended the October 15th shooting rampage. 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 gonna do. The shooter, identified as a former Silver Rail student, killed three children, ages 5, 8, and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. A second teacher and a child in a wheelchair were injured by the gunfire before Giamonco used a legally owned 40 caliber pistol to stop the gunman. I found my opportunity and I seen a teacher on the left struggling with the gunman on the right with the rifle. And I knew that they were both side to me and I knew that he did not know that I was there. And so at that point, I swung the door out and open and I stepped in and I fired. Then police say Giamonco's selfless intervention and that of another Silver Rail teacher likely saved countless lives. I don't think we can underestimate or under appreciate that courage. when someone is willing to risk their own life for others we recognize that and the the quick thinking to to observe to then park and follow someone into the school is incredible as for the school community the district has arranged for extra counselors and a strong police presence across the district but administrators say it will take time to move forward we're not just open for business and it's back to normal we've got a lot of work to do to to restore some semblance of faith and trust in the school district and in our community and while most students in Bend have returned to the classroom Silver Rail will remain closed until further notice police continue to call this shooting an active investigation among the questions detectives hope to answer where the shooter obtained the gun and a trove of ammunition used in the shooting.