A gunman stalked onto a college campus in southwestern Oregon on Thursday and opened fire, asking his victims to declare their religious affiliation before killing at least 10 of them one by one.
A law enforcement source said multiple agencies had identified the shooter as Chris Harper-Mercer. He was slain in an exchange of gunfire with two police officers in Snyder Hall at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg following the morning rampage.
According to the testimony of one of the wounded, Anastasia Boylan, immediately after Harper-Mercer came into the classroom he shot the teacher dead at point blank range. Before getting into surgery Boylan told her father and brother that others were also hit by the initial shooting, and everybody ducked trying to take cover. But ten did not survive.
After reloading his weapon, the killer asked the students to stand before questioning each of them. :Are you a Christian? If you are a Christian then stand up."