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"Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting
Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school: with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman.
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Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, intervened by firing his own weapon after the shooting began at his daughters’ school in the town of Bend.
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Cases like the Oregon intervention remain rare, according to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University.
The ALERRT center tracked what it calls 'active attack' incidents where the perpetrator used firearms, blades or vehicles from 2000 to 2025.
Out of 634 cases studied, 374 ended before police arrived. Among those, 29 ended when armed civilians shot the attacker. In another 31 incidents, civilians subdued the attacker by some other method, such as wrestling them to the ground or removing the weapon.
'They recognize they may be the only way to stop it before law enforcement arrives,' said James Keith, a spokesperson for the center.
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Some prominent examples of armed citizens who confronted gunmen to help stop mass shootings:"
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-bend-school-shooting-father-kaylub-giamanco-98a97a8046148f698884aeb0de623617