quinn glen cooper of roseburg 18 years old. kim saltmarsh dietz 59 years old. lucas eibel of roseburg, 18 years old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 67 years old. mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor anspach of sutherland, 20 years old, and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> douglas county sheriff josh hanlan saying the names of those remembers. lucero alcaraz was in the honors program in a full school lob shif. her older sister said i never got a chance to tell you how proud of you i was. i ache for you so much right now. lucero alcaraz 18 years old. rebecca ann carnes just started a new job who writes this isn't supposed to be how life works. lieu cause eibel was a quadruplet. he and his sisters and brother graduated from high school this year and attended on a scholarship studying creme most industry. he was 18. quinn glen cooper, yesterday was his fourth day of college. he and his brother cody were instepble. jason dale johnson was 33, a proud chri

quinn glen cooper, his family says he and his brother cody were inspep rabble. jason dale johnson, 33, a proud christian according to his family. they say he had finally found his path. lawrence levine taught at ucc. he was teaching the class where the fatal shootings took place. he was 67. we don't yet know much about kim saltmarsh dietz, nor do we know much about treven taylor, he was the child of a local firefighter. and redeck wa carnes, she was a local paramedic's niece. cnn's dan simon is in roseburg for us. what is the latest that we've learned? >> reporter: i was at that news conference where the sheriff read those names. as you can manual, imagine, it incredibly somber. the anyoges ranging from 18 to . i want to share with you just a brief expert. this is from the family of quinn cooper saying, quote, our lives are shattered beyond repair. no one should ever feel the pain that we are feeling. anderson, we're also learning some more about the shooter. we know that he possessed an incredible amount of fire power. six guns were recovered at the scene. seve

. >> quinn glen cooper of roseburg, 18 years old. >> the family of the 18-year-old said he was a recent high school grad. yesterday was his fourth day of college. >> i don't know how we would move forward with our lives without quinn. and our lives are shattered beyond repair sending our condolences to all the families who have been so tragedy affected by the strange gunman. >> lucas eibel of roseburg. 18 years old. >> eibel's family described the 18-year-old as an animal lover and soccer player. saying trying to describe how amazing their son was would take 18 years. >> he was an umpqua community college scholar's award recipient. he was studying chemistry. >> jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. >> reporter: jason johnson's family say that the 34-year-old was proud to be a christien and he had recently enrolled at ucc. >> they felt that jason had finally found his path. his family says that he will be loved and missed. >> another student stood up surviving. and that they thought of others before themselves. >> and to keep the gunman from coming in and to shock them three times

. >> reporter: quinn glen cooper had recently graduated high school and was four days into his college experience. >> i don't know how we are going to move forward in our lives without quinn. our lives are shattered beyond repair. we send our condolences to all the families who have been so tragically affected by the strange gunman. >> reporter: the gunman burst into the classroom of teacher lawrence levine, 67 years old. >> kim saltmarsh of roseburg. 59 years old. lucas ibel of roseburg, 18 years old. >> reporter: ibel's family says to describe how amazing their son was would take 15 years. >> he was an umpqua honors recipient. >> reporter: she head the names of remember becca ann carnes. jason dale johnson. >> they felt that jason had finally found his path. his family says that he will be loved and missed. >> reporter: of course, those that lost their lives are not the only victims. nine were wounded and some of those victims remain in critical condition. >> it is just amazing when you think about it. just how many families are affected. i cannot begin to imagine what they are going

quinn glen cooper of rosberg, 18 years old. >> if sheriff continues, 59-year-old kim dietz, 18-year-old lieu kal ibel, jason johnson, 67-year-old lawrence levine was the only teacher killed, 44-year-old serena moore and 18-year-old rebecca carnes. there will be more to come and many more stories of the lives cut short. we learned more about the gunman who witnesses said asked the victims to state their religion. if it was christian he shot them in the head. anywhere else, he shot them in the leg. he has been around guns most of his life and has had access to many guns. there were acts of heroism. knowing, not knowing. that's what scared me the most. i didn't know. it was a good hour before i got to talk to her on the phone before i actually knew she was okay. >> classes here at the college will be cancelled all of next week. but the college will be opened to students who need kans counseling on monday. >> tonight, she is recovering in a hopt room. now, we are joined by her father, stacey boylin. thank you so much for being here with us tonight. how did you first learn about the fact tha

quinn glen cooper of roseburg 18 years old. kim saltmarsh-deitz of roseburg, 59 years old.el of roseburg, 18 years old. jason dale johnson of winston 33 years old. lawrence lavine of glide, 67 years old. mr. lavine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor of southerland, 20 years old. and rebecca ann karns of myrtle creek, 18 years old. at this time i'd like to introduce fire chief greg marlor of fire district number 2 who would like to make a few comments regarding two of our victims. chief. >> thank you, sheriff. it saddens me to announce that two of these victims were actually members of our immediate fire and ems family. obviously we are family and this hurts. the situation is personal to us and we share in the pain that this community is feeling right now. but i want to let everyone know our service and our response will not be effected in the light of this tragedy. we're working actively with law enforcement in their investigation. and then we ask that all questions be forwarded through their public office. i have some remarks fr

quinn glen cooper of roseburg 18 years old. kim saltmarsh dietz of roseburg 59 years old. lucas eibel of roseburg, 18 years old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 67 years old. mr. levine was the teacher. sarena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor am paw t1 years old and rebecka ann 18 years old. >> you saw the picture as we have pictures of three of those victims. there is also an incredible story of a man who tried to stop gunman ended up being shot several times, but somehow survived. cristina rendon is in our newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: frank, the families of the three men who died released statements today read by the douglas county officials. the sheriff saying that the families are asking for privacy. >> reporter: these men are three of the nine victims killed at umpqua community college. quinn cooper, lucas eibel, and jason johnson. eibel's family describing the 18-year-old as an animal lover and soccer playing. saying describing how amazing his son was would take 18 years. they released a statem

you have quinn glen cooper, 18 years old. you have jason dale johnson. his family saying he was proud to be a christian. they felt he finally found his path. sarena dawn moore. you have treven tailor anspach. he was larger than life. you have lawrence levine. a teacher that loved to fly fish. you have lucero alcaraz and it goes on and on. matthew, to you. i want you to take a listen to how larry pratt, the execive director of gun owners of america, how he reacted todd shooting this morning. >> the problem is we're disarming the good guys. making them sit there and wait for a bullet, which is what happens with a mass murder in a gun free zone. and i think that is outrageous that we're not talking about the senators love for gun free zones. >>> matthew, a former atf agent, his point, one ek qchoed by mik huckabee says arm the good people, let them fight back. >> i lived out in that part of the country and no one out there wants people in schools with more gun. even the people with pro gun don't that want to be the atmosphere that children go to school in.

quinn glen cooper. kim saltmarsh dietz. lucas eibel. jason dale johnson, and lawrence levine and sarena dawn moore. the suspect is 26-year-old chris mercer. now the shaefer ha sheriff refused to officially release his name, but the name has been reported. we have the latest sabrina? >> we're here this evening at the douglas county fairgrounds. you can see the flags flying at half staff for the victims of the shootings. we're learning a lot about the heavily armed 26-year-old shooter. he has been identified as chris harper mercer, and for the first time we're learning about the victims. investigators continue to pour through evidence trying to find clues as to why a gunman would unclichÉ the violence thursday, that left ten people dead. inside that apartment, the remainder of the shooter's arsenal. >> out of those 13 weapons we currently have in custody six that were recovered at the school. seven were recovered at the shooter's residents. >> in addition to those six legally purchased weapons, the bureau of tobacco and firearms said that

. >> the victims are lucer alvarez, 19 years of old roseburg, quinn glen cooper 18 of roseburg 18 years old. kim dietz of roseburg, 59 years old. jason dale johnson, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 67 years old. mr. levine was the teacher. sarena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor anspach of sutherlin, 20 years old. and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> we now know the names of those killed. more on what we've learned about their lives. what have you found out? >> they're more than just the names the sheriff was reading. they were students, just four days into their college career, many of them. there were nine lost in all. eight of them students, one of them was their teacher. the teacher you heard, larry levine. these are sons, daughterins. two of them were related to firefighters in this town. many of them liked to be in the outdoors. a lot of them were athletes. what they all had in common is that they all had this thread of education. and we want to take a look at just a few of these people so we can get to know them. lucero al lucero

we heard about their lives and from their families including two in particular, quinn glen cooper was years old and was from here in roseburg, had just graduated the local high school in roseburg, roseburg high school, and also lucas eibel, who his parents and family said loved ffa, future farmers of america, volunteered at wildlife safari here, and the saving grace animal shelter. thee personal details will obviously continue to come out in the days ahead. we learned about more of the victims as well. we talked in the last hour about gun control. gun control is starting to become part of the conversation here despite in oregon the relatively lax gun control laws. there was a law passed just this year about background checks in the state but otherwise the gun laws are not particularly stringent. we hear when they came to us yesterday at the public safety center behind us, the governor of the state, kate brown and jeff merkley and others making veiled references to the idea of potential future reforms but they department want to get into them specifically yesterday. that of course come

quinn glen cooper, just 81, was attending his fourth day of college. he and his brother, cody, were inseparable. >> i don't know how we are going to move forward with our lives without quinn. our lives your shattered beyond repair. we send our condolences to all the families who have been so tragically affected by the strange gunman. no one should ever feel the pain that we are feeling. >> it is such a hard story to tell. we are also learning that the gunman in the shooting, he was also a student in the class where he opened fire. cnn has decided not to show the gunman's photo. we are also not reporting his name, because he wanted notoriety for the shooting. it is not necessary to give him that. we are also hearing new information about the firearms used to carry out the attack. investigators found 13 guns linked to that shooter. our dan simon is live in roseburg, oregon. what else are we learning about how this was carried out and what was used? >> reporter: first of all, we are expecting authorities to give another press briefing to learn more details

among the dead, lawrence levine, an assistant professor of english, quinn glen cooper are, who loved acting and lucero alka raz who wanted to become a pediatric nurse. >> one person's acts may have broken all of our hearts but he cannot prevent our hearts from growing back bigger and stronger. >>> well, one thing that is important to note here is that the shooter seemed to crave the publicity that would come with committing this mass atrocity. this may be a telling quote. he wrote, quote, seems the more people you kill, the more you are in the limelight. that is precisely why you won't hear the sheriff utter the shooter's name. >> so many have decided not to use his name or show his photograph beyond the sheriff. dan simon in roseburg. >> let's bring in clinical psychologist. a lot of people have been looking at this and taking issue with mental illness and that characterization being attached immediately to a situation like this. arthur choo, in salon.com wrote claims that people who have mental illness are far more often the victim of violence than the perpetrator. is it fair to us

quinn glen cooper, of roseburg, 18 years old. kim saltmarsh deitz of roseburg, 59 years old. lucas eibol of roseburg, 18 years old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 67 years old. m mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of turtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anpatt of southerland, 20 years old and rebecca anne carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> those are the names of the nine victims from the shooting yesterday. the sheriff would not name the shooter. but that's an emotional moment for us to finally learn the names and ages of the people who were shot. >> it's the most powerful part. you hear, it's just kills you. emotionally. >> several of the people were only 18 years old. colleges have become your community college, it's called that for a reason. i think it becomes where all your hopes and dreams are being sewn together for the future. i think that's one of the hardest things when it happens at a school. >> when you have people from all different walks of life and ages, some starting out in life trying to hope for a

quinn glen cooper of roseburg, 18-years-old. kim saltmarsh-dietz of roseburg, 59 years old. lucas ibel of roseburg, 18-years-old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 6 years old. mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of her te-- o myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anpak of southern land, 20 years old. rebekah ann carnes of her telecreek, 18-years-old. >> each of the victims the sheriff listed have a unique life that was cut short on thursday. alcarez wanted to be a pediatric nurse or doctor. she graduated from high school this year and was a ucc scholar. rebekah ann carnes was 18. she had just started her college career. lucas iebel was a quadriplegic -- sorry -- she and his siblings were at ucc studying chemistry. quinn glen was just 18. thursday was his fourth day of college. his family says he and his brother, cody, were inseparable. and there were five other victims, each with their own stories. their precious lives also taken away. cnn's kyung lah is in roseburg with reaction from some of the survivors' relatives and de

quinn glen cooper of roseburg, 18 years old. kim saltmarsh-ditz of roseburg, 59 years old. ibold of roseburg, 18 years old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence le vine of glide, 67 years old. mr. le vine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevin taylor onpaw of southerland, 20 years old. and rebecca ann karnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. at this time, i'd like to introduce fire chief greg marler of fire district number two, who would like to make a few comments regarding two of our victims. chief? >> thank you, sheriff. it saddens me to announce that two of these victims were actually members of our immediate fire and ems family. obviously we are family and this hurts. the situation is personal to us and we share in the pain that this community is feeling right now, but i want to let everyone know, our service and our response will not be affected in the light of this tragedy. we're working actively with law enforcement in their investigation, and then we ask that all questions be forwarded through their public office. i h

terry mcauliffe and lucas eibel and quinn glen cooper. their lives were shattered. and sarena dawn moore and jason johnson who just completed a rehab program and back on his feet. >> he was proud of himself. proud of what he was doing. >> reporter: kim dietz was taking classes at the same time as her daughter. and lawrence levine, the only professor killed in the rampage. heartache and now healing as several police agency ies investigate why. another mass killing in america and the deadliest school shooting in oregon history. >> i'm very lucky. some people didn't make it out of there. >> reporter: some witnesses reported hearing the shooter ask about his victim' religion. investigators are still searching for a motive, one thing seems clear. the shooter wanted to be infamous. seven additional guns were found at his house, all purchased legally. craig. >> jacob, thank you. good to find more about the victims. >>> this shooting reignited the debate of guns on the campaign trail. an angry president obama is pushing people to take action. we have nbc's kristen welker at

the nine victims are lucerna alcaraz, quinn glen cooper, age. kim saltmarsh dietz, age 59.ucas eibel, age 18. jason dale johnson, age 33. lawrence levine, 67, who was a teacher at ucc. sarena dawn moore, age 44. treven taylor anspach, age 20. and rebecka ann kearns, age 18. law enforcement officials read stramts from the victims' families, including one from the family of quinn cooper who had just started at ucc. >> quinn was only 18 years old. he had just graduated from roseburg high school in june. yesterday was his fourth day of college. quinn was funny, sweet, compassionate, and such a wonderful, loving person. he always stood up for people. quinn and his brother cody were inseparable. >> we're learning more about the gunman, 26-year-old male, who was also killed yesterday. contrary to prior information we received officials now say he was a student at ucc and was enrolled in the class where the shooting took place. picture emerging of him is as yet another deeply lost young man who decided for whatever reason he wanted to murder people and was able to get the means to

those who were killed in portland, lou sarah alcaraz, treven taylor anspach, rebecka ann carnes, quinn glen cooper, kim saltmarsh dietz, lucas eibel, jason dale johnson, lawrence levine, a professor there and sarena dawn moore. we're arching one mass shooting -- that's multiple people, being shot at one particular moment. more mass shootings that we have days in the year. and of course for us, this shooting and the information that came out in the aftermath of it was particularly chilling because we've seen this young man before, a young man christopher harper-mercer was isolated, withdrawn, obsessed with guns. his family had many of them. he had rebuffed attempts at socialization by his family. he had grievances that he mainly shared with himself, and he eventually turned those grievances on nine people who died and about an equal number who were injured. we know that story because we saw it play out in connecticut as well. mentally young man. took out his frustrations and his outrage on 20 little kids in sandy hook elementary. but i guess what to me is definitional about this scourge of mass vio

some of the victims were very, very young, including quinn glen cooper, he had just graduated.esterday was his fourth day of college. lucas eibel, 18. his parents said he loved the future farmer of america. he was a volunteer at the wildlife safari here and the animal shelter. jason dale johnson of winston was 33 years old. his family says he was proud to be an christian and he recently enrolled and had finally found his path at umpqua community college. lawrence levine was the teacher in the classroom. he he was 67 years old. sarena dawn moore was 24. treven taylor anspach was the son of a firefighter. rebecka ann carnes, the niece of a paramedic here. that has hit the community particularly hard. today, we are expecting a news conference at the public safety building where we hope to get more information from law enforcement officials here in douglas county. >> msnbc's jacob silveroff, thank you. >>> there were more people injured in thursday's shooting. for more on their story, let's go to msnbc's morgan ratford at the medical center in roseburg. >> reporter: as you mentione