Posted on 10/01/2015 7:17:54 PM PDT by bimboeruption
EXCLUSIVE: THE shooter who killed at least 10 people at a US college has been identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper-Mercer, who appeared to have bought Nazi paraphernalia online and supported the IRA.
In disturbing images posted online, Harper-Mercer posed with guns and shared pro-IRA newspaper front pages, an Express.co.uk investigation has found.
He also posted a three-minute video on the social networking site MySpace featuring IRA fighters branding guns and wearing balaclavas.
On his dating profile on the website Spiritual Passions, he wrote that he "doesn't like organised religion".
His username on the dating site was ironcross45 – a possible reference to the Iron Cross, a German military symbol reintroduced by the Nazis.
A user with the same name spent almost £100 on a Nazi SS officers' cap on a different website over two years ago.
In a review posted online, the user wrote: "I have received my order. The customer service is the very best, they are fast and very great to work with.
"I highly recommend this company they are a great pleasure to work with. there attention to detail is awesome.
"i will continue to make purchases from this company. i am very impressed with there products/service and highly recommend them. thanks Steve"
It is not known whether Harper-Mercer attended Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where the shooting took place.
He was armed with three handguns and an AR-15-style long gun, and was killed after a shootout with police on the scene yesterday, according to reports.
In his dating profile he described himself as "Not Religious, Not Religious, but Spiritual".
He described himself as a "lover, conservative, professional, intellectual, introvert" – and under his interests listed the “internet, killing zombies, movies, music, reading".
Harper Mercer also said he was "mixed race", did not drink and was a "conservative, Republican".
He also appeared to write a blog post hosted on a torrent site about Vester Flanagan, who shot two journalists live on air in late August.
He reportedly wrote: "I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are.
"A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day.
"Seems the more people you kill, the more your’re [sic] in the limelight."
The most recent torrent uploaded by the account username was a BBC documentary about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, according to Gawker.
I completely understand your logic and it makes perfect sense. I just do not think everyone thinks that smartly about it. Anyway, the whole dating profile has been revealed to be bogus.
I think there is no such animal. A conservative republican who loves the IRA which happens to be almost exclusively Catholic and Marxist shooting Christians in the head and others in extremities. It is a sick joke.
And a 26 year old internet fan without a Facebook, Snapchat or Twitter account? Yeah right.
Conservatives don’t love radical Islam either.
So would a photo of that butt-ugly misadventure of cytoplasm. He didn't need a gun; his looks alone would kill off victims.
Huge numbers! And they all support the IRA and MySpace ...
that’s for sure. We interred Japanese, Germans, and Italains for a little while but we were so lovable we were let go quickly :)
we are at war with ISIS. Muslims should be considered suspect and steps should be taken to make sure they dont ruin our country.
mexicans and liberals are too busy doing it. we dont need another problem.
All i see is bioregional flag of cascadia. Was he a Portland Occupier or bio-separatist?
That PortlandOcuppier screenshot has been altered and hacked since the ?
Has anyone run the available pictures of this guy through http://fotoforensics.com/ ? I have, but perhaps I don’t know exactly what I’m looking at. Anyone care to lend some insight?
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