Oregon College Shooting Kills 10, Wounds at Least Seven Othe
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:31 pm
Oregon College Shooting Kills 10, Wounds at Least Seven Others
by Elizabeth Miller
October 2, 2015
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A shooting at a college campus in Oregon yesterday left 10 people dead and several others wounded. The shooting is the 45th school shooting in the United States in 2015 alone.
Ten people were killed and at least seven wounded yesterday when a 26-year-old man opened fire at Umpqua Community college in southern Oregon.
The shooter has been identified as Chris Harper Mercer. Mercer reportedly had three hand guns and an assault rifle and was wearing body armor. He died during a gunfire exchange with the responding police.
According to the father of one of the victims, the gunman was targeting people based on their religion, specifically Christians. Anastasia Boylan told her father, before going into surgery, that the gunman would order students to stand up if they were Christian. After they did so he reportedly said “Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second.” He would then proceed to shoot them.
Families were able to meet at a nearby fairground. John Hanlin, sheriff of Douglas county, did confirm that there were 10 dead, but declined to state whether or not the gunman was included in that total. The sheriff also stated that he will not name the shooter: “Let me be very clear, I will not name the shooter,” he said. “I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.” and to please “not to glorify and create sensationalism for him. He in no way deserves it.”
Hero tells gunman, ‘It’s my son’s birthday today’
Chris Mintz, a student and Army veteran, reportedly rushed the gunman during the attack.
According to witnesses, Mintz was pulling fire alarms and focused on getting people out shortly after the shooting began. He then ended up back in the building where the shooting was taken place. At one point he rushed the shooter in an attempt to block the door and was shot seven times.
He reportedly told the gunman, after being shot at least once, that it was his son’s birthday.
Mintz has broken legs among several other injuries, but has undergone at least one surgery and is expected to recover.
“Our thoughts and prayers are not enough”
President Obama offered his condolences to the victim’s families on Thursday, stating that “Our thoughts and prayers are not enough” before asking, once again, for voters to demand changes to the nation’s gun laws.
The President also called out to responsible gun owners: “I would particularly ask America’s gun owners who are using those guns properly, safely, to hunt for sport, for protecting their families, to think about whether your views are being properly represented by the organization that suggests it is speaking for you.”
This isn’t the first time the President has shown his frustration at being blocked in his attempts to change the current gun laws. In July he told the BBC: “”If you ask me where is the one area where I feel that I have been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient, common sense, gun safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings.”
Now, Obama says “”Somehow, this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine … we’ve become numb to this.”
Officials have not yet released the names of the shooting victims.
The shooting is the 45th school shooting in the US for this year alone, and the 142nd since the attack at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012.
by Elizabeth Miller
October 2, 2015
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A shooting at a college campus in Oregon yesterday left 10 people dead and several others wounded. The shooting is the 45th school shooting in the United States in 2015 alone.
Ten people were killed and at least seven wounded yesterday when a 26-year-old man opened fire at Umpqua Community college in southern Oregon.
The shooter has been identified as Chris Harper Mercer. Mercer reportedly had three hand guns and an assault rifle and was wearing body armor. He died during a gunfire exchange with the responding police.
According to the father of one of the victims, the gunman was targeting people based on their religion, specifically Christians. Anastasia Boylan told her father, before going into surgery, that the gunman would order students to stand up if they were Christian. After they did so he reportedly said “Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second.” He would then proceed to shoot them.
Families were able to meet at a nearby fairground. John Hanlin, sheriff of Douglas county, did confirm that there were 10 dead, but declined to state whether or not the gunman was included in that total. The sheriff also stated that he will not name the shooter: “Let me be very clear, I will not name the shooter,” he said. “I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.” and to please “not to glorify and create sensationalism for him. He in no way deserves it.”
Hero tells gunman, ‘It’s my son’s birthday today’
Chris Mintz, a student and Army veteran, reportedly rushed the gunman during the attack.
According to witnesses, Mintz was pulling fire alarms and focused on getting people out shortly after the shooting began. He then ended up back in the building where the shooting was taken place. At one point he rushed the shooter in an attempt to block the door and was shot seven times.
He reportedly told the gunman, after being shot at least once, that it was his son’s birthday.
Mintz has broken legs among several other injuries, but has undergone at least one surgery and is expected to recover.
“Our thoughts and prayers are not enough”
President Obama offered his condolences to the victim’s families on Thursday, stating that “Our thoughts and prayers are not enough” before asking, once again, for voters to demand changes to the nation’s gun laws.
The President also called out to responsible gun owners: “I would particularly ask America’s gun owners who are using those guns properly, safely, to hunt for sport, for protecting their families, to think about whether your views are being properly represented by the organization that suggests it is speaking for you.”
This isn’t the first time the President has shown his frustration at being blocked in his attempts to change the current gun laws. In July he told the BBC: “”If you ask me where is the one area where I feel that I have been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient, common sense, gun safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings.”
Now, Obama says “”Somehow, this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine … we’ve become numb to this.”
Officials have not yet released the names of the shooting victims.
The shooting is the 45th school shooting in the US for this year alone, and the 142nd since the attack at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012.