Oregon school shooting: Terror train hero Alek Skarlatos says he wished he’d

Skarlatos is from Roseburg, and is studying for a career in law enforcement at Umpqua Community College. But because of that incident, and the celebrity that followed, Skarlatos was selected as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, and deferred the courses.

We’re told Alek immediately left the studio when he got the news, and was making calls back home to make sure his friends were safe.

Skarlatos later said on Twitter that he was returning to Oregon. Skarlatos was rehearsing with Arnold, 21, when he discovered in that his college had been attacked, in accordance to an article by TMZ. He was on vacation after a deployment in Afghanistan with Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and student Anthony Sadler when the three Americans, a Frenchman and a British national subdued a man with a rifle. I imply, it is a reasonably little Community College & just the town generally everybody knows one another so with in that many deceased I imply everybody’s going to know a minimum of one individual, ‘ Skarlatos stated.’ I imply I might have been there today if I did not comply with do in that show. “I praise the first responders who were on the ground today in Roseburg as they undoubtedly were integral in saving numerous lives and putting a stop to what could have been more tragic than it is”.

A gunman identified as Chris Harper Mercer, 26, opened fire on Thursday morning at students at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg with authorities confirming 10 fatalities. “My heart and prayers go out to this community, my community, right now”. “My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it. We have become numb to this”, the President said. There have been 294 mass shootings in the 274 days of the year so far, which includes 44 other school shootings and an attack at a June screening of Trainwreck in Lafatyette, Louisiana.