Shooter at Umpqua Community College identified

The shooting happened at Umpqua (UMP’-kwah) Community College in Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland.

Authorities carrying a shooting victim away from the scene after a gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, today. Her teacher went over to check on the classroom and ran back when she heard gunfire. “He meant a lot to me”.

Repeating his support for tighter gun-control measures, he said thoughts and prayers are no longer enough in such situations because they do nothing to stop similar attacks from happening a few weeks or months later.

Mercy was under extreme stress dealing with victims from the shooting at Umpqua Community College and regular patient admittances. At least seven more have been wounded.

The Douglas County sheriff confirmed the 20-year-old male shooter is also dead.

Authorities responded to the Roseburg campus about 10:30 a.m. Thursday after receiving a report of a shooting on campus.

Student Michael O’Sullivan was among those who gathered at Stewart Park. “And then, this man, had enough time, I don’t know how much time elapsed before he was able to stand there and start asking people one by one what their religion was”.

Shoufler described Roseburg as a small close-knit timber community with many locals attending the college which caters to a few 3300 students. It is unclear if the shooter, identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, was included in that tally.

A visibly angry and frustrated President Obama said in a televised statement Thursday evening that mass shootings have become so routine that “we’ve become numb to this”.

The Oregon State Police said it is believed that there was only one shooter.

Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman, reporting from Washington, said the incident was the 45th school shooting in the USA this year.

The adult-learning college has a few 3,300 students and the average age of students is about 38, according to its website. When she looked at us, she said we have to get out now.