Oregon Teacher Who Disarmed School Shooter Breaks Silence
WHO:
ABC News - School officials identified Cassidy Schutz as a learning specialist at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
ABC News - Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said the staffer who confronted the gunman was initially unidentified.
ABC News - Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two, fatally shot the 16-year-old gunman after following him into the school.
KPTV - The gunman was a 16-year-old former student.
KPTV - Teacher Megan Lambert, 25, and students Rhoam Summer, 5, and two children aged 8 and 11 were killed.
KPTV - Teacher Becky Drury and a 7-year-old girl were shot and survived.
NY Post - Schutz asked for privacy while healing and navigating what she called an “unimaginable reality.”
WHAT:
KPTV - In her statement, Cassidy Schutz asked people to give her “the time, space, and privacy” she needed to heal.
KPTV - In her full statement, Cassidy Schutz called the shooting “not a story” but “a horrific and heartbreaking tragedy,” and asked for “the time, space, and privacy” she needed to heal.
ABC News - Schutz threw her phone at the gunman, tackled him, and fought to take his firearm; she was unharmed.
KPTV - Schutz threw her cellphone at the shooter and wrestled him for the shotgun.
ABC News - Krantz said Schutz’s actions “almost certainly helped prevent more bloodshed.”
ABC News - Giamanco said Schutz gave him the chance to act without getting hurt, calling her “a real true hero.”
KPTV - Schutz said, “It all happened so fast, and I wish with everything in me that we had more time,” and said, “The pain of this loss I will carry with me forever.”
KPTV - Schutz said she would make no additional public statements “at this time.”
ABC News - Schutz expressed sympathy for those killed, their families, those injured, and people present during the shooting.
WHERE:
ABC News - The shooting took place at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, inside a special needs classroom.
WHEN:
KPTV - The shooting occurred on October 15; the article does not state a year.
ABC News - Schutz’s statement was released on a Friday; the article does not state a calendar date.
WHY:
ABC News - Schutz said she was focused on the affected families, her team, the school, and her own healing.
KPTV - Schutz said she would not make additional public statements “at this time.”
KPTV - Schutz said she was focused on the affected families, her team, the school, and her own healing.
HOW:
ABC News - Giamanco followed the gunman into the school and fatally shot him.
KPTV - The gunman shot into a special needs classroom; three students and a teacher were killed, and another student and teacher were injured.
(UPDATED October 31, 2026 01:02 UTC)
A former student killed a teacher and three children at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon. Learning specialist Cassidy Schutz fought the gunman, helping father Kaylub Giamanco intervene. He fatally shot the attacker; Schutz later asked for privacy while healing.
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(UPDATED October 30, 2026 22:59 UTC)
A former student killed a teacher and three children inside a Bend elementary school. Learning specialist Cassidy Schutz fought the gunman, throwing her phone and wrestling for his firearm. A father then fatally shot the gunman; Schutz praised the community and requested privacy to heal.
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(UPDATED October 30, 2026 22:02 UTC)
A learning specialist confronted a teenage gunman at an Oregon elementary school, helping stop further bloodshed. Kaylub Giamanco followed the shooter and fatally shot him; four people were killed. The specialist was unharmed, while a teacher and child survived their injuries.