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2015 Umpqua Community College shooting

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The Umpqua Community College shooting was a mass shooting that happened at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, United States on October 1, 2015.

The shooter, 26-year-old Christopher Harper-Mercer, shot and murdered 9 people before taking his own.[1]

The shooting is the deadliest school shooting in Oregon history, beating the 1998 Thurston High School shooting. It is also the worst shooting at a college in American history.

References

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  1. Wasserstrom, Shuly (2015-10-02). "Umpqua Community College shooting victims identified". KOIN. Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2025-01-26.