Gov. Kate Brown said the suspect was “a 20-year-old male”.
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Images from the scene showed students walking from classrooms with their arms raised in the air while tactical officers cleared buildings across the campus.
The authorities shed no light on the gunman’s motive and said they were investigating.
A gunman opened fire at a community college in Oregon Thursday killing at least 10 people before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said.
Obama pressured news outlets and networks to publicize the statistics of Americans “who have been killed through terrorist attacks over the last decade and the number of Americans who have been killed by gun violence”.
Witness Kortney Moore, 18, told the Roseburg News-Review newspaper that she was in a writing class when a shot came through a window. He shot the teacher in the head and ordered everyone on the ground, then told people to stand up and state their religion and started firing, Moore said.
KHON2 spoke to a kumu hula who lives in Roseburg, as well as an Umpqua student who was in the next classroom.
Smith says one of the first things that came to mind was if any of her students were hurt.
The White House said President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation by his Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this awful tragedy.
Officers responded to reports at about 10:38 a.m. PT of an “active shooter” on campus, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department tells NPR’s Nate Rott. “But we are going to have to change our laws”.
About 3,000 students attend Umpqua Community College.
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.
Neither state police nor the sheriff’s office immediately returned calls from The Associated Press seeking details.
UPDATE 8:00 p.m. ET: Sheriff John Hanlin said the “most accurate” information available pointed to 10 fatalities, not 13 as previously stated by the Oregon attorney general.
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Mintz is now in surgery after being shot multiple times, one time each in the upper back, left hand, abdomen and each leg, according to family. Here’s where the school is located: “It’s extremely concerning and sad”, said Endi Hartigan, spokeswoman for the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
