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Part of situation: Silver Rail Elementary school shooting in Oregon (9 clusters)

Silver Rail Elementary school shooting investigation expands

Silver Rail Elementary School Bend Oregon shooting Griffin John II Kaylub Giamanco 764 cult

On October 15, a 16-year-old former student, Griffin John II, opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The attacker targeted a special needs classroom, killing three male students, aged 5, 8, and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Two other individuals, including a student and a teacher, were wounded during the attack.

Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old father whose daughters attend the school, fatally shot the gunman after witnessing him firing at a vehicle and a person on the school grounds. Giamanco described entering the building to stop the violence, noting he heard children pleading for their lives.

Federal investigators are currently exploring whether the shooter was radicalized by the 764 cult, an international extremist network described by authorities as a nihilistic violent extremist enterprise. Additionally, reports indicate the shooter's father, Griffin Jay John Sr., has a significant criminal history and was located by police in Astoria, Oregon, following the incident.

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764 · 764 cult · Bend · Bend, Oregon · Bend-La Pine School District · Deschutes County · Griffin John II · Kaylub Giamanco · Oregon · Phil Change · Silver Rail Elementary School

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Silver Rail shooter's parents: Mom in Bend, dad in Astoria, both with troubled pasts - The Astorian [dailyastorian.com]
‘Grooming underage girls’: Investigation into Oregon school shooting turns focus onto satanic cult [opslens.com]
Wallowa County grieves over Bend school shooting [wallowa.com]
Bend Community Mourns Elementary School Shooting - The New York Report [www.nyreport.com]
WATCH: Heroic Father Who Took Out Oregon School Shooter Shares His Story [wltreport.com]
She survived a school shooting. Now her children have, too [abc17news.com]
NAMI Hosts Special Event for Silver Rail Parents and Guardians - The Source - Bend, Oregon [www.bendsource.com]
Bend, OR School Shooting Oct. 21: Police Increase Security [countryherald.com]
She survived a school shooting. Now her children have, too [kioncentralcoast.com]
She survived a school shooting. Now her children have, too [localnews8.com]
Father who killed Oregon school shooter describes anguish over children he couldn't save [www.bbc.co.uk]
The Oregon School Shooter Story Has Just Gone to a Much Darker Place [pjmedia.com]
Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn’t save [www.troyrecord.com]
WATCH: Father who took down Oregon school shooter tells his story * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff [www.wnd.com]