Posted on 10/08/2015 3:38:08 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa
The alleged gunman who killed nine people and wounded nine others at a rural community college in Oregon last Thursday had been discharged from the Army after attempting to commit suicide, according to law-enforcement officials familiar with the case.
Christopher Harper-Mercer, who was 26 years old at the time of the shooting, was discharged from basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., after just one month in 2008.
The Army said it couldnt confirm details of his discharge due to privacy regulations. But law-enforcement officials familiar with the investigation into last weeks mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg said the discharge occurred after Mr. Harper-Mercer tried to take his own life.
The details of the suicide attempt havent been made public. But it is the latest indication that Mr. Harper-Mercerdescribed by former friends and neighbors as a disaffected loner who loved firearms and disliked religionhad been deeply troubled long before opening fire on fellow students and a teacher in Oregon.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
He would of gotten brothers-in-arms killed had he made it through basic and AIT.
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
Why do liberal reporters and editors over use the word “alleged”, when all evidence indicates they did the deed?
I become more determined to reject the PC language every time I see it displayed in print or on TV.
“In one of his posts he says he has a bottle of mixed pills he has to take and didnt know what they were for..or something like that.”
His Mommy, who he lived with was a LPN. So she probably did the daily dosing.
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