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Oregon Shooting: Initial Reports Of 10 Dead
Shooter reportedly in custody
Author: By Dana Ford CNN
Posted: 2 hours ago Updated: 5 minutes ago

(CNN) - Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate. Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice told CNN that the shooter is in custody. It was not immediately clear whether the shooter was injured.

"We arrived to find multiple patients in multiple classrooms. Law enforcement was on scene and had the shooter neutralized," said Douglas County Fire Marshal Ray Shoufler. He told CNN that two patients died while being transported to a hospital. Mercy Medical Center posted on Twitter that it had received nine patients, with three more on the way. The extent of their injuries was not known.

ATF agents were also on scene and canine teams are en route to search for explosives, fire arms casings and ammunition, a spokesman said. The FBI was en route. 'This is so out of character' Earlier, authorities had said they were responding to reports of an active shooter at the Roseburg college campus.

Roseburg is a city of about 22,000 people located about 70 miles south of Eugene, Oregon, and some 180 miles south of Portland. The school itself is up on a hill outside the city center, according to Rick Francona, a CNN military analyst who lives nearby. Francona said that logging is a big industry in the region, which is fairly rural but easily accessible from Interstate 5. "This is so out of character for this whole area," he said.

News of the shooting quickly reached Washington, with the state's senior senator, Ron Wyden, visibly shaken and Sen. Jeff Merkley tweeting that he was praying for the victims and their families. President Obama was briefed on the situation and will continue to receive updates throughout the day.

The school

A picturesque campus in the North Umpqua River Valley, the school prides itself on a "a peaceful, safe atmosphere, and year-round recreational activities," according to its website. It's not a traditional institution of higher learning, as the average age of its 13,600 students was 38 during the 2013-2014 school year. Only 740 of those were full time, 2,437 were part time and more than 10,000 fell under the umbrella of "community education."

It first began teaching classes out of rented facilities in 1961. Elton and Ruth Jackson donated 98.5 acres to house the campus in 1965.

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What a disgrace. My thoughts and condolences go out to the victims and there family and friends.

Terrible. :( My thoughts and prayers go out to those who were killed and injured.

"Law enforcement was on the scene and had the shooter neutralized". It turns out this statement was misleading. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34436373

I heard about the story...I also hear that the victims are/were Christians...

Prayers for the families...

Very terrible!!!Words can't even describe how awful! And these school shootings just keep happening!!! Please let this horrible trend stop!

My heart and prayers go out to the victims and families!

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Oregon Shooting: Gunman Killed Self, Official Rules
Author: By Sara Sidner, Kyung Lah, Faith Karimi and Ryan Young CNN
Posted: Oct 3, 2015 2:52 AM CDT Updated: Oct 3, 2015 7:15 PM CDT

Roseburg, Oregon (CNN) - Chris Harper-Mercer, the shooter behind the deadly rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, apparently committed suicide after exchanging gunfire with officers, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Saturday. A timeline released by investigators shows that the first 911 call about the Thursday's shooting came at 10:38 a.m.

Six minutes later, Hanlin said, two Roseburg police officers and a state trooper arrived on the scene. At 10:46 a.m., the officers exchanged gunfire with Harper-Mercer. Two minutes later, there was a report of "suspect down," according to the timeline. Hanlin said the state medical examiner determined the gunman's death was a suicide. State police are investigating the shootout.

Father: Thoughts are with victims' families

The father of the gunman told CNN that he was devastated by the news that his son was the killer and that his heart went out to all affected families. "I know words cannot bring families back. I know there's nothing that I can say that can change what happened," Ian Mercer said outside his home in California. "But please believe me, my thoughts are with all of those families and I hope they can get through this."

Mercer said his son lived in Oregon with his mother and he hadn't seen his son since they moved two years ago. Father and son had a good relationship, he said. They talked and went out to dinner and did things sons and dads do, the father said. Mercer said he was unaware his son had firearms. "I had no idea he had any guns. I have no idea that he had any guns whatsoever," Mercer said. "And I'm a great believer you don't buy guns, don't buy guns, you don't buy guns." Mercer wouldn't comment on whether his son had emotional or mental issues. That is for investigators to determine, he said.

The victims

The nine victims who died in the massacre ranged in age from 18 to 67, Hanlin said. Those killed are Lucero Alcaraz, 19; Treven Taylor Anspach, 20; Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18; Quinn Glen Cooper, 18; Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59; Lucas Eibel, 18; Jason Dale Johnson, 34; Lawrence Levine, 67; and Sarena Dawn Moore, 44. Ages of Umpqua's students vary widely. Of its 13,600 students, the average age was 38 during the 2013-2014 school year.

Bonnie Schaan said at a news conference Saturday that her daughter, Cheyeanne Fitzgerald, told her the shooter handed an envelope to one person in the room and told that student he was the lucky one and to stand in the corner. Fitzgerald was asked her religion and when she didn't answer, she was shot in the back, her mother said. The bullet clipped one lung and lodged in a kidney, which doctors removed. Her daughter survived by playing dead, Schaan said. Fitzgerald remains in critical condition.

14 firearms found

Investigators found 14 firearms connected to the shooter, authorities said.
Five pistols and one rifle were found at the college. Police searched his apartment and initially found two pistols, four rifles and a shotgun, Celinez Nunez of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. Hanlin said investigators later discovered another handgun at the shooter's home.

All the weapons were legally obtained by the shooter or family members over the past three years through a federally licensed firearms dealer, authorities said. A flak jacket was found next to a rifle at the school with five magazines of ammunition, Nunez said. Additional ammunition was found at the residence.

The blog posts

Investigators are pursuing blog posts by someone with an email address associated with Harper-Mercer. The writings include feelings of anger about being isolated and unable to form relationships, law enforcement officials said.
Two officials said that after the shooting, the gunman's family told investigators that he suffered from mental health issues and had sought treatment.

No link to organized groups

The posts were left under the user name "lithium_love." Two of them were specifically about recent shootings -- one about Vester Flanagan, who killed two local news reporters in Virginia, and one about an officer slain near Houston in August.

Speaking of Flanagan on August 31, the blog post reads: "I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are. ... Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight." Investigators have found no indication the shooter was linked with any organized groups.

Shooter was enrolled in class

He attended El Camino College in Torrance, California, from 2010 to 2012, according to a college spokesman. Harper-Mercer was a student at Umpqua and was enrolled in English and theater classes, said Rita Cavin, interim president of the school. He initially opened fire in an English class, she said.

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