Murder

2015 Umpqua Community College shooting

1 Oct 2015 · 43.29° N, 123.33° W

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When
1 Oct 2015
Kind
Murder
Coordinates
43.29° N, 123.33° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting.

Summary

26-year-old Christopher Harper-Mercer opens fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, killing nine people and injuring eight others. It is the largest shooting at a college since the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

2015 Umpqua Community College shooting

Mass shooting in Oregon, U.S.

On October 1, 2015, a school shooting occurred at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others. Roseburg police detectives responded to the incident and engaged Harper-Mercer in a brief shootout.

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