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Donald Trump Praises Armed Citizen Who Intervened in Oregon Shooting

President Donald Trump praised a bystander who fatally shot a gunman during a fatal attack at an Oregon elementary school.

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An armed civilian fatally shot a gunman during an attack at a school in Bend, Oregon, according to police reports cited by WJAR and local21news.com. NBC Bay Area and KABB reported that President Donald Trump subsequently praised the local man, calling him a hero for taking action during the crisis. [1][2][8][9]

Reports from WJAR, KFXL, and NBC 15 WPMI confirmed that police identified the individual who stopped the shooter as an armed citizen. President Trump stated that the bystander took care of business and saved lives during the incident, KABB and local21news.com reported. [2][3][4][8][9]

As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, the attack occurred at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, where a 16-year-old gunman killed four people before he was stopped. An online GoFundMe campaign was subsequently established by businesswoman Amy Reynolds to support Kaylub Giamanco, who intervened to end the shooting. [14][15]

Police and local news outlets, including WBMA, WSMH, and KFOX, confirmed that the shooter was killed at the scene by the armed bystander, preventing further loss of life at the school. [5][6][7]

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In short

  • An armed civilian shot and killed a gunman at a school in Bend, Oregon.
  • President Donald Trump praised the bystander for saving lives during the attack.
  • The gunman killed four people at Silver Rail Elementary School before being stopped.
  • An online campaign was created to support Kaylub Giamanco for his actions during the shooting.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Trump calls Good Samaritan who killed Oregon school shooter ‘a great hero'NBC Bay Area, 10d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeWJAR, 10d ago
  3. [3]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeKFXL, 10d ago
  4. [4]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeNBC 15 WPMI, 10d ago
  5. [5]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeWBMA, 10d ago
  6. [6]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeWSMH, 10d ago
  7. [7]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeKFOX, 10d ago
  8. [8]'He took care of business': Trump says bystander saved lives at Oregon school shootingKABB, 10d ago
  9. [9]'He took care of business': Trump says bystander saved lives at Oregon school shootinglocal21news.com, 10d ago
  10. [10]Good Samaritan armed with gun shoots, kills Oregon school shooter: policeThe National Desk, 10d ago

Background

  1. [11]Parable of the Good Samaritan on Wikipedia
  2. [12]2023 Nashville school shooting on Wikipedia
  3. [13]List of school shootings in the United States by death toll on Wikipedia
  4. [14]Bystander Stops Gunman at Oregon Elementary School After Fatal Shooting HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 11d ago
  5. [15]Fundraising Campaign Begins for Man Who Stopped Oregon School Shooter HEROIC BREAKING NEWS, 10d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 15 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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