On Thursday morning, a gunman, identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon killing nine people and injuring seven others. The killers mocked Rachel Scott for her love for Jesus and made derisive references to the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) trend (Rachel Scott wore a WWJD wristband), according to Connecticut. “My personal opinion from the beginning”, Scott said, according to Connecticut, “has been that these kids were targeted because they were Christians”.
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“He said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second, ‘ ” said Stacy Boylan, recounting the account of his wounded daughter, Anastasia, who underwent surgery to treat a gunshot to her spine. She played dead – and she too survived.
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“The shooter was inside at that point, and he told people to get on the ground”, she said, according to the Mirror.
A grim-faced John Hanlin, Sheriff of Douglas County, said: “It’s been a awful day”.
Trump’s campaign has hired state directors to oversee ground operations in Florida, Virginia and Texas. “My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this”, he said.
“She’s doing better now”, Willis said.
Bernall’s initial story likely came from an exchange that took place between Dylan Klebold, the other shooter, and Valeen Schnurr, another student who was wounded in the library that day. “But based on my experience as president, I can’t guarantee that”, Obama said. “I’m shaking right now”, said Nesnick. Witnesses describe hearing loud gunshots. After they stood up and gave an answer, he started shooting.
Pam Bosley (C), whose son Terrell was killed in a shooting, wipes her eye as she stands with family members and victims of mass shootings during a news conference by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence calling on Congress to address gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington December 18, 2012.
“He had enough time to drop the magazine, put another one in and continue”, the mother said.
The first sign of trouble on the small campus of a few 3,000 students, about 180 miles south of Portland, in Douglas County, was around 10:40 a.m. Minutes later, the scope of the shooter’s rampage climbed to a possibility of at least 20 victims.
A classmate of Welding’s went to see what was happening. Harper stepped outside his home there briefly on Thursday night to say that he’d spent the day speaking with law enforcement and couldn’t answer questions about his son or the shooting.
He told CNN that two patients died while being transported to a hospital. Officials want to ensure that all families have been notified before releasing the names of those killed.
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Oregon’s governor has ordered that flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday. Those security guards are unarmed, interim college President Rita Calvin told the newspaper.
