Posted on 10/03/2015 9:31:19 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The gunman slain by police after he killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon college was once turned away from a firearms academy by an instructor who recalled finding him "weird" and "a little bit too anxious" for high-level weapons training.
Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, who moved to Oregon from the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, California, was officially identified on Friday as the assailant in the rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which ranks as the deadliest among dozens of U.S. mass shootings in the past two years.
According to accounts of survivors, the gunman stormed into the classroom of his introductory writing class to shoot the professor at point-blank range, then began picking off other victims one at a time as he questioned each about their religion and whether they were Christians.
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Surprised this is published by MSM.
On Thursday morning, police say 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer shot and killed at least nine people on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) campus before officers shot and killed him.A new report claims someone appearing to be Mercer wrote longingly of the attention given to Vester Lee Flanagan after he shot a television reporter and cameraman on air in Virginia. Mercer wounded at least seven people in addition to those he killed on the gun free UCC campus, law enforcement says.
They could be Obama's sons....
I suspect this deranged Brit was so inspired by the insane hatred spewed by Piers Morgan toward Americans that he decided to carry out Morgan’s implicit desire to inflict punishment on the US for its 2nd Amendment.
Don’t bring mom into it, she is sobbing beyond help.
Kids have a way of destroying your heart some times.
I just spoke with someone this morning who said this shooter was on Facebook which showed him in full muslim regalia with a full muslim beard and a middle eastern name. I have not been able to find it on line. I cannot confirm.
What does the picture of the woman and boy have to do with anything?
Besides them being brain-dead morons?
The comparison is fitting.
“...logs events in which four or more people are shot.”
With 4 dead and 50 wounded in Chicago last weekend, that might be 13 mass shootings right there. They should have stricter gun laws in Chicago.
I’m just glad that drugs are illegal - just think how much worse the violence would be if we added drugs to the mix.
Who are the people, women and boy, in the photo and where did the photo come from?
I have no idea how it has anything to do with anything, but here’s the info: http://archive.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130117/NEWS03/301170033/Obama-s-second-inauguration-still-meaningful-to-Vermonters
Nothing related at all .
Sorry for the confusion.
Disregard that photo.
That image has nothing to do with the thread, but I just posted it to show the little Obama supporter. I should not have. It is in no way an image related in any way to the actual shooter.
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