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• OCRegister: "All of the classrooms in the building open to the outdoors — there are no hallways..."

  Officials said the gunman died after an exchange of gunfire with police. The name of the gunman has not been released though his age was given as 20.

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• comment cut/paste from freerepublic:

  "I live and work in Roseburg. Had a client just took a job at UCC in the nursing program, just moved from Colorado. She called me to say she was Ok. I agree with you, most likely a 20's something white male on drugs. ...[snip]....We have a VA hospital so our population is many veterans who move here for the hospital, and retirees. It is a very friendly community, 90+% white and beautiful with the Umpqua river running through it."

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  Recall also:

• FBI Warns U.S. Soldiers: ISIS Could Target You Using Social Media

• Heavy.com: The Umpqua Community College shooting may started in Professor Larry Levine’s class

  A professor, Amy Fair, who taught in a class that shares a common wall with where the shooting began posted about it on her Facebook wall. She said that a veteran in her class helped get students out of Snyder hall, but then he ran back inside and she’s worried about him. via InfidelBloggersAlliance:

• Coincidence? Alek Skarlatos, American Hero Who Helped Put Down Jihadist on French Train, Was Raised in Roseburg, Oregon, Home of Umpqua Community College

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• Skarlatos graduated from Roseburg Highs School and attended Umpqua Community College before joining the National Guard and serving in Afghanistan.

[Mears]

That Skarlatos info is interesting.

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