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Authorities release 911 call from father who shot Oregon school gunman
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Authorities released a 911 recording on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported after obtaining it through a public records request, and CBS News and the New York Post also report the release. The call was made during the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, by Kaylub Giamanco, a father who was driving home for lunch when he saw the gunman. According to the AP, Giamanco says on the call that he has a gun and will shoot the gunman, and the operator urges him to wait for an officer. The 16-year-old gunman was later shot and killed by Giamanco, the reports say. The shooting killed three children and a teacher, the outlets say.
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Authorities released a 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco during the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
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The shooting killed three children and a teacher, according to the reports.
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Giamanco later shot and killed the 16-year-old gunman.
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On the call, Giamanco says he has a gun and will shoot the gunman, and the operator urges him to wait for an officer.
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Giamanco was driving home for lunch when he saw the gunman at the school, the Associated Press reports.
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How each side tells it
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All three sides report that authorities released a 911 call made by Kaylub Giamanco during the Bend, Oregon school shooting. The center headline sticks to the release and the killing, while the left and right headlines both call the father a hero and stress the tone of the call.
the left
2 outlets
Left headlines frame the father as a hero, as CBS does with “hero dad” and “frantic” call, while the Boston Globe headline is plain and calls the father the man who killed the shooter.
Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released
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Scripps News runs an Associated Press report whose headline leads with the release and the killing of the shooter, avoiding the hero label that the left and right headlines use.
Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon elementary school
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The New York Post headline calls the father a hero who showed incredible resolve, the same hero label CBS uses on the left, while the center headline is plainer.
Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter showed Sensational language“incredible resolve”It adds an evaluation of the father's state of mind that the call itself does not establish.More neutral: is heard on the 911 callDisagree with this highlight? in 911 call
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incredible resolve
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incredible resolveMore neutral: is heard on the 911 call
It adds an evaluation of the father's state of mind that the call itself does not establish.
Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter showed incredible resolve in 911 call
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From the left
2 outletsLeads with
- the father as hero
- the frantic tone of the call
- the father's own role in the shooting
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- CBS NewsLeft
Frantic 911 call from hero dad who killed school shooter released
The armed father who was hailed for his heroic actions during a deadly shooting at his daughters' elementary school in Oregon frantically called authorities before he went after the shooter.
Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon school last month
The Boston Globe published a report that is shown in full at Scripps News. The headline is the one The Boston Globe gave it.
From the center
1 outletLeads with
- release through a public records request
- what the caller says on the call
- the father's reason for being at the school
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Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon elementary school
A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday to The Associated Press through a public records request. …
Also published by The Boston Globe. It counts once.
From the right
1 outletLeads with
- the father as hero
- the father's resolve on the call
- the father stopping the shooter
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Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter showed Sensational language“incredible resolve”It adds an evaluation of the father's state of mind that the call itself does not establish.More neutral: is heard on the 911 callDisagree with this highlight? in 911 call
Authorities have released a frantic 911 call from the hero father who shot and killed a gunman after the killer opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving a teacher and three children dead.
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First to report
CBS News, Nov 3, 3:49 PM EST
Center
52 min later
Its first report, Nov 3, 4:41 PM EST
Right
18 min later
Its first report, Nov 3, 4:07 PM EST
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- CBS NewsLeftNov 3, 3:49 PM EST
- New York PostRightNov 3, 4:07 PM EST
- Scripps NewsCenterNov 3, 4:41 PM EST
- The Boston GlobeFar LeftNov 3, 4:48 PM EST
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