Obama orders flags at half-staff after Oregon shooting

His comments, just over a day into the community’s mourning those who were killed and njured during the shooting at Snyder Hall, were made in a county whose sheriff strongly supports gun rights.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also added his voice to calls for action to curb gun violence saying it was taking an “appalling toll” on American society.

Toting his six weapons, Mercer stormed the rural campus Thursday morning.

“And they would stand up, and he said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second, ‘ ” Stacy Boylan, told CNN, relaying his daughter’s account. Fisher said the suspect seemed wary of others, often looking over his shoulder, and didn’t mingle with anyone besides the two children he often took out to the playground in the evenings to push on the swings.

Initially, 10 wounded people were taken to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, but one died in an emergency room, hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Nickel said Friday. Vicari’s brother told her that anyone who responded “yes” was shot in the head.

In Roseburg, a close-knit community, stories of heroism began to emerge Friday, among them that of army veteran Chris Mintz who was seriously injured after charging the gunman.

This year’s hajj, which ended Saturday, came at a time when the debate over race in the United States is at its most heated in decades, with the Black Lives Matters movement arising after the deaths of a number of black men at the hands of police were captured on camera and seen widely by the public.

He said his family wasn’t ready to speak to the media yet. Those killed and wounded were found in at least two classrooms.

Mintz survived but suffered two broken legs among his wounds and will need extensive physical therapy, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for him.

The shooting is the latest is a series of attacks on educational institutions that has left scores dead.

Harper-Mercer is not thought to have had a criminal history. The page includes posts extolling the Irish Republican Army. Further details are expected to be released at news conferences later in the day. Flanagan, a former employee of the station, fatally shot himself after a police chase.

Brown said more must be done to prevent bloodshed but that “today is not the day”. There’s more to the news than simply giving people something to talk about.

Obama’s proclamation came shortly after the names of the shooting victims were released by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. I personally find the argument against it – that mentioning Mercer’s name grants him the “infamy” he sought and/or might incentivize a few future shooter – uncompelling and then a few. “Media will get the name confirmed in time… but you will never hear us use it”. But the conversation, if authentic, appears to show a gunman’s plans for a shooting.

Upon hearing the news, a high school classmate of Dietz’ at Mission Viejo High School in California posted an old photograph to Facebook.

Hanlin also sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden after the 2012 shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.

Umpqua, one of 17 community colleges in Oregon, has about 2,000 students and about 200 full- and part-time faculty members. We started to run to center of campus.

The 26-year-old’s stepsister told CBS Los Angeles he was born in England and traveled to the U.S.as a young boy. Students who claimed another religion, or didn’t answer at all, were shot elsewhere, like in their legs.

“To me Chris was just an ordinary guy, really”. Concealed-carry permit holders remained free to walk across the grounds as long they didn’t enter any buildings, OregonLive.com wrote. The shooting happened at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., about 180 miles south of Portland.

He and his mother, Laurel Harper, mostly kept to themselves, except for occasional disputes over bugs or loud noises. She did not find her son.

The U.S. Army says the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college flunked out of basic training in 2008.

Alex Frier, stage manager for plays at Umpqua (UHMP’-kwah) Community College, says Christopher Harper-Mercer was a production assistant responsible for building sets last semester.

“I want to ensure that this community has an opportunity to heal as well as the victims’ families. right now, that is my focus”.