Oregon school shooting: Father of 2 students identified as bystander who took down suspected gunman
Flowers rest on a sign in front of Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15, 2026, in Bend, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)
The suspected gunman in an elementary school shooting in Bend, Oregon, was shot by a parent of two students who saw the teen entering the school, his family said on Friday.
Three children and a teacher were killed after a gunman opened fire in Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday, authorities said. Another student and teacher were injured critically, according to officials.
Police have not yet released any information about the bystander who stopped the suspect, but the hero was identified by family as Kaylub Giamanco.
Giamanco, who has two daughters who attend the school, was driving nearby when he heard the commotion and ran into the school, his family said. The family confirmed that Giamanco has a concealed carry permit.
His family said he is overwhelmed by this and regrets not being able to save more lives.
“Lifelong Bend resident Kaylub Giamanco has come forward as the man who shot and killed the suspect who entered the school. He is not seeking recognition, but instead wishes to express his gratitude to the first responders, school personnel, and community for the outpouring of love and support,” the family said in a statement to ABC News.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek thanked the community member who she said “heroically intervened to stop further loss of life.”
President Donald Trump on Friday praised him as “a great hero” while addressing reporters outside the White House.
“He took care of business, and thank God we had him. Otherwise it would have been much worse,” the president said.
Giamanco’s family described him as thoughtful and empathetic.
“Kaylub’s family, including his two daughters who attend the school, respectfully asks for privacy during this difficult time and will not be participating in interviews,” the family said.
ABC News’ Nicholas Kerr contributed to this report.
Danilo Alves Silva was arrested after investigators said he wore ICE gear and intimidated voters at a Brazilian presidential election polling site at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus. (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation)
A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and intimidating Brazilian nationals who were voting at a poll site in Miami, investigators said.
Danilo Alves Silva was allegedly dressed in a blue “ICE raid jacket,” a blue ICE hat, sunglasses, blue jeans and tactical style boots and had his face covered in a mask when he was seen walking between polling locations set up for Brazilian presidential elections at the Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus Sunday afternoon, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said in its arrest report.
The 46-year-old allegedly interacted with people who appeared to be “in fear” of him, the arrest report said.
“The people were gathered and were clearly in fear that, as they portrayed it, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE agent was interfering with their election, possibly deporting individuals,” the arrest report said.
Detectives and sheriff’s deputies who on the campus observed what was happening and stepped in when a person with a camera confronted Silva about his outfit and the two began arguing, the report said.
Silva was arrested after he allegedly told investigators that he was not a federal agent and could not produce identification when asked, the arrest report said.
Silva claimed he was a Brazilian voter and after he cast his ballot put on an ICE costume that he allegedly bought on Amazon, “so that I can come here to see people’s reactions,” the arrest report said.
“He further stated that there is no law against him walking around a voting site dressed as ICE,” the arrest report said.
After he was arrested and placed in a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office car, Silva allegedly told a detective, “He will regret making this decision.”
He also allegedly told law enforcement during the drive, “I will get you paid if you let me go,” the arrest report said.
Silva was charged Monday with prohibited intimidation or suppression of voters, conspiracy to commit bribery, threatening a public servant to influence their performance and unlawful use of a police badge or insignia.
He has not entered a plea and was held on bond.
Attorney information wasn’t immediately available.
The incident comes less than a month before midterm elections and increased concern about voter intimidation at poll sites.
Alina Garcia, Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections, told reporters Monday that ICE and other law enforcement agents will not be present inside any election polling site in the county.
She encouraged voters to continue to cast their ballots for this year’s election, either during early voting, through a mail ballot or on election day.
“Do not let fear, rumors or misinformation keep you from participating in your democracy,” Garcia said.
Jes Staley, former chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, leaves for lunch as he attends closing submissions at the High Court Rolls Building on April 2, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — The House Oversight Committee is set on Thursday to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former private JPMorgan Chase investment banker, Jes Staley, whose career as a finance executive came crashing down after the convicted sex offender’s death in 2019.
Staley, 69, spent more than thirty years at JPMorgan Chase, including in senior roles in the private banking and investment divisions, where he managed relationships with ultra-wealthy clients, including Epstein.
After Staley left JPMorgan Chase, he became the CEO of the British multinational bank Barclays in 2015.
Staley agreed to a voluntary transcribed interview with the committee after its chairman, Kentucky Republican James Comer, requested his appearance as part of the panel’s wide-ranging inquiry into the federal government’s handling of the criminal investigations of Epstein.
Staley’s interview, like others that have occurred in recent months, will not be recorded.
Following Epstein’s arrest and death in 2019, Staley came under scrutiny in a lawsuit brought by Epstein’s victims, who contended in court filings that JPMorgan Chase and Staley had allegedly ignored red flags that helped enable Epstein to traffic women and girls. JPMorgan Chase settled the case in 2023 for $290 million, without any admission of wrongdoing.
Barclay executives told U.K. financial regulators after Epstein’s death that Staley and Epstein did not have a close relationship and that Staley had cut off contact long before he joined the bank as its CEO. But the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) subsequently determined — based partly on hundreds of emails and records that emerged from the victims’ lawsuit — that Staley had provided misleading information about the extent of the relationship and its timing.
Staley stepped down from Barclays in 2021 and was subsequently banned by the FCA from working in Britain’s financial sector.
Staley lost his appeal of the regulatory body’s findings. During the appeal proceedings last year, Staley acknowledged that he had what he described as a consensual sexual encounter with one of Epstein’s adult assistants at an apartment building in New York City, owned by Epstein’s brother, where Epstein housed some of his employees.
“We had one encounter,” Staley testified, according to an account in The Guardian. “Much to my embarrassment today.”
Staley has also acknowledged visiting Epstein’s private estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands, though not while Epstein was there. He also claimed to have no specific recollection of a series of emails in which Staley and Epstein refer to women using names of Disney characters.
“That was fun. Say hi to Snow White,” Staley emailed to Epstein in 2010, according to documents made public in the victims’ litigation.
“Which character would you like next,” Epstein asked.
“Beauty and the Beast,” Staley answered.
“Well, one side is available,” Epstein responded, according to the documents.
A lawyer believed to be representing Staley for his interview on Capitol Hill did not respond to a request for comment in advance of Staley’s appearance.
Staley, who has not been charged, has denied all wrongdoing and has said he had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
An attorney representing Staley in the victims’ civil lawsuit said claims that Staley aided and abetted Epstein were “baseless.”
“The allegations against him are slanderous, and the potential damages are astronomical,” attorney Brendan Sullivan wrote in a 2023 court filing.
Records released by the Justice Department earlier this year in response to the Epstein Files Transparency Act include unproven allegations of wrongdoing by Staley. The allegations, raised by an alleged Epstein victim, were detailed in an 86-page internal prosecution memo from December 2019.
It’s unclear if federal prosecutors pursued those allegations. The Department of Justice has said repeatedly since the disclosure of the Epstein files that there are no credible allegations or evidence that would lead to new federal criminal investigations.
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Ted Weiss Federal Building on July 09, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
(WINNFIELD, La.) — A Georgian immigrant who officials said died last week in Immigrant and Customs Enforcement custody is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
Mamuka Artmeladze, 43, died on June 4 at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers.
In the notification, ICE officials said that Artmeladze was found unresponsive and was transported to a local medical center.
“Despite lifesaving efforts, at approximately 11:22 p.m., an onsite physician at Winn Parish Medical Center pronounced Artmeladze deceased,” ICE said. “His official cause of death is currently pending an autopsy.”
ICE said that Artmeladze was taken into custody in February in New Orleans during an operation “targeting commercial vehicle drivers who posed public safety risks.”
“ICE took him into custody after officials determined he had no lawful status to remain in the United States,” the agency said.
The increase in ICE deaths comes amid scrutiny from lawmakers and immigrant advocates about the conditions at detention centers during the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown.
According to an ABC News analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data and the number of detainee deaths provided to Congress from ICE, the first 14 months of the second Trump administration represent the most deadly period for the federal detention system in recent years — with the exception of 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic contributed to detention deaths.
Last week, ICE ended a policy that required the agency to report the deaths of former detainees that occurred within 30 days of their release from federal custody.
The policy, issued during the Biden administration, directed the agency to review and report all detainee fatalities, including those that occurred up to a month following release.
