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Pics of Chris Mintz at link. Chris Mintz, one of the survivors of the Umpqua Community College shooting, released a lengthy statement on his Facebook page Friday evening explaining his role that day. The post is Mintz's first significant public comment on the Oct. 1 rampage that left a teacher and eight students dead and another nine people wounded, including Mintz. Mintz, an Army veteran who made national headlines and collected more than $800,000 in donations to a GoFundMe campaign after his miraculous survival, said he was shot five times and described his injuries. In several media reports, including The...

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - When the gunshots started at Umpqua Community College, some people mistook them for falling books. But Army veteran Chris Mintz quickly recognized the threat. "He was in the military and knew what it was," said Mintz's aunt, Wanda Mintz. He was hit in both legs, his stomach, his back and in the hand, but the bullets did not hit any of his vital organs. He has two rods in his legs and is going to be in a wheelchair for the foreseeable future, she said.

Forget the 26-year-old zero who murdered 10 innocents at Umpqua Community College on Thursday morning. The Chris to remember is 30-year-old Chris Mintz, the student and Army vet who was shot at least five times while charging straight at the gunman in an effort to save others. Mintz did so on the sixth birthday of his son, Tyrik.

During the October 1 attack that left 10 dead at Umpque Community College, Army veteran Christ Mintz blocked the door to a classroom with his body, then lay on the floor saying, “It’s my son’s birthday today.”

RANDLEMAN, N.C. -- A man originally from Randleman was shot and injured in the Oregon community college shooting Thursday that resulted in 10 fatalities. Seven other people were injured when a gunman -- identified as Chris Harper Mercer-- opened fire at Oregon's Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. Chris Mintz graduated from Randleman High School in 2003 and had been in Oregon for at least 10 years, according to family members. Mintz spent most of Thursday in surgery after receiving seven gunshots during the attack. Family members said Mintz was able to talk to loved ones before going into surgery. He...

An Army veteran who made it through a combat deployment without sustaining any serious injuries was shot several times as he rushed toward a gunman who was opening fire at a community college in Oregon. Chris Mintz, 30, was in his first week of class at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer walked into Snyder Hall, where classes are held, and started shooting. Mintz reportedly "trie[d] to block the door to keep the gunman from coming in," Mintz's aunt, Wanda Mintz, told Q13 Fox News in Oregon.

An Army veteran was shot seven times while trying to save other students during the deadly Oregon community college rampage, according to his aunt. Chris Mintz "tried to protect some people," his aunt Sheila Brown told NBC News in a telephone interview. "We were told he did heroic things to protect some people." She said that Mintz was shot seven times and had been in surgery since the shooting that left 10 dead, including the gunman.

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