# Teen Shooter At Oregon School Was Former Student

> Teacher tackled shooter who killed 4 students at Bend elementary school.
- Title: Teen Shooter At Oregon School Was Former Student · HuffPost
- Summary: Teacher tackled shooter who killed 4 students at Bend elementary school. A 16-year-old former student at Silver Rail Elementary killed four children and a…
- Keywords: griffin john ii, silver rail elementary, bend, oregon, teacher, shooter, special needs, nest program, 911 call, kendy freeman, kaylub giamanco, oregon department of education
- Source: HuffPost — https://huffpost.com/entry/man-who-stopped-oregon-elementary-school-shooter-had-2-daughters-at-the-school-his-mother-says_n_6ad26e4de4b0a7bf79b2244a
- Published: 2026-10-16T18:55:37+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: griffin john ii, silver rail elementary, bend, oregon, teacher, shooter, special needs, nest program, 911 call, kendy freeman, kaylub giamanco, oregon department of education
## Teacher Tackled Shooter
A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him.
## Shooter Identified
Police identified the attacker as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, who had been a special needs student at Silver Rail Elementary.
## Shooter's Actions
He fired up to 15 shots from a 12-gauge shotgun and had about 44 rounds remaining when he was killed.
## Shooter's Background
The attacker had participated in a special needs program called NEST, which aimed to help students with intensive behavioral and social skill challenges.
## First 911 Call
The first 911 call came from a driver who saw the boy throw his gun over a fence and climb over it, then fired at the truck.
## Second Driver Intervention
A second driver, a 36-year-old man whose children attend Silver Rail, followed the attacker into the school with a .40-caliber pistol.
## Victims Identified
Three children ages 5, 8 and 11, and teacher Meghan Lambert, 25, were killed, with another 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher wounded.
## Shooter's Mother
The shooter's mother, Shauntai Nickerson, said she would have done something to prevent the shooting if she could have.
## Father Stopped Shooter
Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, shot the gunman in the attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend.
## Shooting Impact
Classes and all activities were canceled Friday for schools across Bend, with the shooting being the 28th mass killing in the U.S. this year.
## Key takeaway

A 16-year-old former student at Silver Rail Elementary killed four children and a teacher in Bend, Oregon, before being stopped by a father who entered the school with a gun.