are dead after a gunman opened fire on the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg in southwestern oregon. 20 others were injured. oregon state police say the 20-year-old gunman was shot and killed by authorities. here's new information. a surviving student says the gunman entered the classroom, told people to get on the ground and then started asking people to stand up and state their religion. after that, he opened fire. police have not said what his motive was. the community is about 180 miles south of portland. the college has 3,000 students. when that gunfire started, s.w.a.t. teams and atf teams rushed to the campus. hospitals were put on alert. there was a news conference within the hour. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we are holding the community of douglas county in our hearts today. >> the first 911 calls came in in the roseburg area at 10:30. law enforcement responded to the campus. the active shooter was engaged by law enforcement. and later confirmed to be deceased. our no. 1 priority right now is to make sure that the scene is secure and

ben: ten are dead, seven injured following the shooting in southwestern oregon. the shooter was identified as chris harper mercer who was shot to death by police. president obama was outraged them out another mass shooting. sharon crowley has the tragic details. >> gunshots right now, even the classroom on the southeast side. >> reporter: chilling words as law enforcement response to oregon's community college campus and come face-to-face with a mass murderer. >> the first 911 calls came at 10:38 this morning. all law enforcement in the area responded immediately to the campus. the active shooter was engage by law enforcement and later confirmed to be deceased. >> i look out the window and a couple girls running, sprinting away from the building and i heard screaming. >> reporter: surviving students of the 20 mad gunman walked into her classroom, shot her teacher and demand everyone get on the floor. then started asking people to stand up, state their religion and opened fire again. the college president says they immediately went into lock down. >> i feel awful.

general says at least 13 people were killed today and 20 wounded when a gunman opened fire in southwestern oregon. it land on the campus of umpqua community college in roseberg, 180 miles south of portland. the shooter, a 20-year-old man, is dead. this is the fifth mass shooting to lead this broadcast since june, and ben tracy begins our coverage. >> this is an active shooter at yuck. >> reporter: the first call came in at 10:38 this morning, an active shooter on the campus of this southern oregon community college. >> reporter: students say the gunfire lasted for at least a minute as officers arrived on scene. >> reporter: and then silence. >> reporter: douglas county sheriff john hanlin: >> the shooter threat was neutralized and officers continued to sweep the campus, looking for other threats. >> reporter: with the 20-year-old male suspect now dead, officers searched students' backpacks for weapons and used dogs to check cars in the parking loss. lacey gregory was just 100 yourself away when the gunfire started. >> all i say was my friend alex. he apparently ran up past the shooting that was h

general says at least 13 people were killed today and 20 wounded when a gunman opened fire in southwestern oregon. it land on the campus of umpqua community college in roseberg, 18

dead in a campus massacre that has taken place this morning in the tiny town of roseburg, oregon, in the southwestern corner of the state of oregon. continuing the reading. douglas county board assistant says preliminary reports indicate at least 15 people are dead after oregon community college rampage. again, here's the location. in the next few founts -- minutes we'll get the detail and learn who the person was, what this person's beef was, why these lives were forever changed. at this moment we have but these pictures of first responders who arrived to try to bring peace to the chaos, and in so many cases, this is the beginning of all we see. these people who put their livessen the line for us every day to try to make sure that when the unthinkable happens around us, that we're at least able to get to place where doctors and nurses can take care of us, and in the case you must imagine there are so many moms and dads who are sitting at home across oregon and across the region saying, my child was in school this morning, in the 10:00 hour, when somebody walked on to this campus and began shooting,

this time it happened in southwestern oregon.hooter killing nine people and injuring seven others. one student said the gunman asked people in her classroom about their religion about opening fire. another student described the chaotic scene. >> i looked out the window and there were a couple of girls running and sprinting away from the building. i heard screaming after the first gunshot. i looked out and saw the people running and i said to the teacher we feed to get out of here right now. then we heard the second and third gunshots. >> a government official has identified the gunman as 26-year-old chris harper mercer. he died after gunfire exchange with police. it is still not clear if he shot himself or was shot by authorities. >>> hurricane joaquin is getting stronger by the minute. it is now an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane. it is expected to get stronger as it moves past the bahamas bringing rains, heavy winds and significant storm surge. warnings are in affect for much of the islands. it is possible joaquin will

there's a gun culture, a lot of hunters and sportsmen who live in southwestern oregon. and having guns around is not a big deal is when i hear. >> i would agree with that, yes. tom: what happened today? do you have any details? >> no. and appropriately so. the college campuses, the last i heard there were 100 law enforcement people living there, everyone from state police to the fbi and the u.s. marshals office. and so what i think they are doing right now is getting everything right before they release anything. so i seriously doubt that we will have the details or even names of these people until they have all of their faction. and we have just had too many incidents in this country where some of the facts are right and some of them are wrong. >> the numbers are already moving around a little bit. as far as the school itself goes. one comment from a friend of mine said that because the community is 20 some thousand people, the school is 3000 students, but everyone in town is going to know someone that was a victim of the shooting today. >> that is actually very likely

oregon. a small town in the southwestern part of the state. we first learned about this situation through a tweet by the local fire district advising people to stay away from the area. attially reported as -- 10:38 pacific time as an active shooter in the classroom. two or three- officers arrived on scene and exchange gunfire with a suspect. then they did a sweep of the campus to make sure the threat had been neutralized. it happened in and around a building called snyder hall. the white house saying the president has been briefed on this by his homeland security advisers. he along with many other leaders they stress his condolences. for the victims and their families the former president of the college says in the past year when the big debates on campus was whether the school should have armed security officers. he added in the past couple of years they've had several exercises, training exercises with local law-enforcement agencies saying "you can never be prepared for something like this." you.n: thank we are also on storm watch tonight is

breaking news as you know, a gunman opens fire at a community college in southwestern oregon. there are conflicting reports of the death toll. oregon state police saying seven to 10 dead. other reports saying it could be as many as 15 dead, 20 injured. we are working to confirm all of this right now. david: it all began at 10:38 a.m. pacific time, 1:38 eastern time in the afternoon. umpqua community college, it is in roseburg, oregon. as liz was saying very small community. the college itself, just about 3,000 students. this is a place 67 miles away from eugene, oregon. 100 miles, a little more from the california state border. the college is now being evacuated. s.w.a.t. teams are moving from building to building though authorities say the lone gunman has been taken down. we don't know whether he is alive or dead. melissa: no, we don't. gerri willis joins us. she has latest details as we know them. >> that's right, melissa. still no word how many might have died in this tragic, tragic shooting. now being told by the sheriff's office seven to 10. there is little narrowing on th

i live in southwestern oregon and almost everyone has weapons, multiple weapons. it's just life in this part of the country. but you're asking me how to prevent this, and that is keeping them out of the hands of the mentally incompetent. that is a challenge. i don't know the answer, poppy. >> matthew, to you, in some schools, high schools, universities, you have mellal detectors. there is a lot of disagreement every, if anyone wants their child to have to walk through a metal detector or a student wants to walk through a metal detect detector, would that help? >> the first is cost. there is always a cost consideration and security. security is something everyone wants, but it comes down to budgets. what happen is the tone and the climate. do we want metal detectors at the opening of every school? every time this happens the dialogue stops after the victims are buried. in answer to your question to him a couple seconds ago. i think for one time we'll have to continue this dialogue after the victims are buried so we have movement going forward. >> would metal detect

authorities in southwestern oregon are reporting at least 13 fatalities tonight from a shooting rampage at a community college. the shooter is also dead. umpqua college is in roseburg, about 180 miles south of portland. let's go live to trace gallagher in our west coast news room for the latest. >> the shooting happened after 10:30 west coast time. 18-year-old kortney moore, a student inside snyder hall where we believe the shooting was confined, said a bullet pierced a window, hitting her teacher and the shooter walked in, saying state your religion and apparently opened fire. the fire department reports all of the fatalities were inside the classroom. but some students report that some victims made it out. and scrambled to other areas. police arrived on scene minutes later. confronting the shooter. though at this hour it remains unclear where exactly he was in relation to the shooting scene. they exchanged gunfire, the shooter was killed. oregon governor kate brown confirms the shooter was a 20-year-old male, but the motive remains unclear. although sometime prior to the shooting, som

a massacre at a community college in a remote part of southwestern oregon which left ten people dead and seven wounded. there is still at this hour a lot we don't know about what happened. we do know the gunman, a 20-year-old male, is now deceased. not long ago president obama came to the white house briefing room to deliver a blistering response to today's events, one that may be remembered as one of the most powerful and angry speeches of his presidency. we bring it to you now in full. >> there's been another mass shooting in america, this time in a community college in oregon. that means there are more american families, moms, dads, children, whose lives have been changed forever. that means there's another community stunned with grief and communities across the country forced to relieve their own anguish, and parents across the country who are scared because they know it might have been their families or their children. i've been to roseburg, oregon. there are really good people there. i want to thank all the first responders whose bravery likely saved some lives today. federal l

a massacre at a community college in a remote part of southwestern oregon which left ten people deadnded. there is still at this hour a lot we don't know about what happened. we do know the gunman, a 20-year-old male, is now deceased. not long ago president obama came to the white house briefing room to deliver a blistering response to today's events, one that may be remembered as one of the most powerful and angry speeches of his presidency. we bring it to you now in full. >> there's been another mass shooting in america, this time in a community college in oregon.

authorities in southwestern oregon are reporting at least 13 fatalities tonight from a shooting rampagee. the shooter is also dead. umpqua college is in roseburg, about 180 miles south of portland. let's go live to trace gallagher in our west coast news room for the latest. >> the shooting happened after 10:30 west coast time. 18-year-old kortney moore, a student inside snyder hall where we believe the shooting was confined, said a bullet pierced a window, hitting her teacher and the shooter walked in, saying state your religion and apparently opened fire

known associates who might know about his background and what motivated horrible crime today in southwestern oregon. >> trace, one last question. you referenced an ira reference on a social media page. was it just a glancing reference? was there anything more to that? >> there was nothing. there was no words, there was nothing. just pictures. i think three or four pictures on there that showed pictures of ira, men in guns, ira. but what does that tell you? you can go back and you look at the conflict that the i.r.a. had, there was no -- at some point they came out in favor of the catholics and it was the protestants and some referred to that as the old sunni and shia rivalry in ireland but there was no anti-religion in there, per se. so that doesn't really fit into this whole thing of being anti-christian. >> we're trying to glean everything we can. trace, stand by. >>> joining us on the ground, dan springer with the very latest. dan. >> reporter: i can tell you that there is a massive police presence in this small county of about 107,000 people. douglas county, very rural. but we're also being kep

to piece together the circumstances surrounding the shooting which rock this quiet town in southwestern oregon and the nation. >> so far we recovered 13 weapons. out of those 13 wednesday weapons we have in custody six were recovered at the school. seven were recovered at the shooter's residence. >> all weapons in his possession purchased legally within the past three years. the shooter's widely being identified as 26-year-old chris harper mercer but the county sheriff refuses to use his name. >> i continue to believe that those media and community members who publicized his name will only glorify his horrific actions. >> reporter: violence erupting thursday morning on the fourth day of classes at ucc. one witness says the shooter asked the victims to state their religion before he opened fire. he later died following a shootout with police. these students live in the same complex as the shooter but they say they've never seen him before. >> it was scary when you first heard about the shooting. like obviously that's your school. your community. but it's different when you find out that he live

now, a gunman goes on a rampage and kills at least 13 people, and umpqua community college in southwestern oregon. more than 20 people are injured. >> that story is unfolding in the town of roseberg about 180 , and moments ago, authority revealed the 20 year-old shooter was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with police. the college remains on lock down. cbs news correspondent kenneth craig has late breaking details. >> reporter: gunfire broke out thursday morning on the campus of umpqua community college in roseberg, oregon. about 175 miles south of port land. at least three people are dead and there are reports of 20 injured. multiple ambulances, raced to the keen to take the wound todd an area hospital. police went door to door, during the lock down to get students out. >> it was really scary. i remember officer banging on the the dooring a roseberg police. he has a key to the door. he opened up and aid come out with your hand up. >> reporter: opportunities and faculty were bused to fair grounds, news of the shooting made it to capitol hill. >> we extend our sympathy, best wishes, a

we are getting additional information about this college that is in southwestern oregon. said to be about 180 miles south of portland. umpqua community college. roughly 3,000 people, 3,000 students attend there. the website for the community college is down as they deal with this tragedy there. we're learning that 15 have died there at this community college. 20 are said to have been injured. the shooter was going from building to building. it is amazing, in some ways, colonel, he was that successful in terms of being able or she, to go to that many buildings in succession of time, to shoot that many people before they were able to apprehend. >> yeah. well, my response to that is going to make me unpopular with lot of viewers but i will tell you, i believe in the second amendment. i'm a gun owner. but founding fathers did not intend for every drugged up psycho to have machine gun collection there is a problem we must recognize. >> you do not want to be the wild west either. the tragedy about all of this is smoke and unity colleges. those families live right where they are

a massacre at a community college in a remote part of southwestern oregon which left ten people deadeven wounded. there is still at this hour a lot we don't know about what happened. we do know the gunman, a 20-year-old male, is now deceased. not long ago president obama came to the white house briefing room to deliver a blistering response to today's events, one that may be remembered as one of the most powerful and angry speeches of his presidency. we bring it to you now in

a massacre at a community college in a remote part of southwestern oregon which left ten people dead and seven wounded. there is still at this hour a lot we don't know about what happened. we do know the gunman, a 20-year-old male, is now deceased. not long ago president obama came to the white house briefing room to deliver a blistering response to today's events, one that may be remembered as one of the most powerful and angry speeches of his presidency. we bring it to you now in full. >> there's been another mass shooting in america, this time in a community college in oregon. that means there are more american families, moms, dads, children, whose lives have been changed forever. that means there's another community stunned with grief and communities across the country forced to relieve their own anguish, and parents across the country who are scared because they know it might have been their families or their children. i've been to roseburg, oregon. there are really good people there. i want to thank all the first responders whose bravery likely saved some lives today. federal l

this is a smaller city in a rural part of oregon, beautiful part offer orman, southwestern oregon, rocking the entire community. you can hear it in the voice of the local sheriff who we listened to a short time ago. >> clint van zandt is listening and following this with us. clint, this is any town usa, you name it, the last thing they were expecting their name to be associated with, just like the folks in aurora, colorado, just like the folks in columbine or sandy hook. >> well, you know, brian, i was sitting here thinking, as you were talking, not only do the students wake up and those on campus wake up not expecting this, but the first responders don't either. you had the press conference with the local sheriff and he used the term engaged, which you rightfully explained as law enforcement officers came on campus, the guy had a gun in his hand and they shot him and killed him. that was the engagement that took place. but again, these officers, more than likely, had never been in a gun battle in their life. so this was probably the most traumatic stressful event that not only they but th

the heels of an unthinkable tragedy and a shooting rampage in a community college today in southwestern oregon. >> it's 3:30 on the east coast, half past noon on the west coast and in the town of oregon. this is fox news channel's continuing coverage of the shooting massacre in roseburg. the college is six miles outside of town. a small community college, about 5,000 students. 3,000 believed to be on campus at any one time. today, the best of the reporting is that students are now being bussed to the fairgrounds nearby after evacuating, and getting word there's no more concern that the shooter has been incapacitated. on the screen you see the two buildings that have been of particular note today. snyder hall, and the science build, which doesn't have a name but i right next door, building 12 and 13. it's snyder hall we're told the shooter entered, went interest a classroom and began firing. the number of dead are all over the 0 place today. the most recent information is from the senate center from the district, who report the best of his information was some 15 to 17 people killed, and as man

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again, at least 10 people confirmed dead by officials there in the southwestern part of oregon after a shooting at this small community college in the town of rose burg and we're waiting of course to find out if the total number of people killed here is going to rise as we move throughout the day, gasia, these situations are very fluid and we're waiting to find out exactly how many people were shot and killed at this college and how many people were injured. so, we'll continue of course to follow this story throughout the day. >> alex, at any time you hear about a shooting situation on a campus, your thought goes here in the bay area to what happened at this university and the massacre that happened at virginia tech, 32 people shot and killed there. devastating. devastating. >> absolutely devastating news and a whole community, campus community can just be rocked by something like this and you can only imagine the terror that was felt by the people at that college as someone apparently entered the campus wrar on the campus already and began to open -- campus already on the campus alr

oregon. multiple deaths and 20 others injured at least. it's in the southwestern part of the state in douglas county. the college we're told has about 1,600 full time students and 20,000 part time students. the community has been described as a logging community for the most part. the community itself is only about 20,000 people. we have no information on the shooter. j.j. green is al jazeera's national security contributor. he's joining us by phone from washington d.c. j.j., what are y you hearing from your sources? >>reporter: so far we're hearing ten, perhaps seven to ten people killed in this situation. 20 plus possibly wounded. it is a scenario where one person is said to be in custody. authorities there saying it's no longer an active shooter threat. but people are still being sheltered in place. i understand the college itself is still isolated at least entry into the college campus area is blocked off to the community. >> let me just interrupt you. a couple of seconds ago so that our viewers will stay up with us, we were showing a still picture possibly of

this after 13 people were killed by a 20-year-old gunman at umpqua community college in southwestern oregon. here's some of the president's news conference. >> this is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in america. we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction. when americans are killed in mine disasters, we work to make mines safer. when americans are killed in floods and hurricanes, we make communities safer.

this after 13 people were killed by a 20-year-old gunman at umpqua community college in southwestern oregon. here's some of the president's news conference. >> this is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in america. we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction. when americans are killed in mine disasters, we work to make mines safer. when americans are killed in floods and hurricanes, we make communities safer. when roads are unsafe, we fix them to reduce auto fatalities. we have seat belt laws because we know it saves lives. so the notion that gun violence is somehow different, that our freedom and our constitution prohibits any modest regulation of how we use a deadly weapon when there are law-abiding gun owners all across the country who could hunt and protect their families and do everything they do under such regulations? it doesn't make sense. so tonight, as those of us who are lucky enough to hug our kids a little closer, are thinking about the families that aren't so fortunate, i would ask the