[JimSEA]

A couple of facts about Roseburg and Douglas County where I live. The county politics are generally conservative. There is an active meth manufacturing subculture, mostly white and former timber industry workers which has been ravaged. There is a large population of street people due to our location on I-5. The local police and sheriff deputies are quite professional and keep the subculture under general control. My daughter who works for a health industry educational department was often at meetings, etc. at UCC.

We know a couple of UCC instructors and families with kids at the school. We are obviously praying for them. There aren’t many minorities but like my wife most are East Asian, some black families well integrated into the community and some Hispanic mostly employed with families. A racial aspect shouldn’t be expected or a religious motive although anything is possible. I’d expect a white kid with drug issues. We’ll know pretty soon.

Keep Douglas County in your prayers.

[Hawthorn]

>> I’d expect a white kid with drug issues <<

Yeah, it’s a puzzling phenomenon. The mass shooters are almost always white, except for (a) the Korean kid who (I think) holds the US “record” thanks to the massacre he perpetrated at Virginia Tech, and (b) the mixed Asian-Caucasian nerd who attacked the sorority girls last year in California.

The only black mass shooter I can recall was the guy who shot up Washington Navy yard two years ago. Most black perps, on the other hand, seem to prefer one-on-one gun violence. Go figure.

[chajin]

A couple of facts about Roseburg and Douglas County where I live.

Thank you for the backstory; this helps greatly.

[Mjaye]

Keep Douglas County in your prayers.<<<<<<<<<<<

Will do. Many years ago, we used to have a small parcel of land in Sutherlin, when it was a very small town, probably still is. Our relatives lived there and owned a business for many years. They also had a wonderful place on the Umpqua where our kids fished and played. Such a horrible situation, prayers for all.

[steve86]

Prayers from rural Washington State for the deceased, injured, and families, and for the welfare of the general area and the rest of America.

[thirst4truth]

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. There are so many unemployed college age white males in this town almost all on some assistance and on drugs, due to the timber industry being virtually dead. Our number one export? our children, the ones who make it out.

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.