Oregon: A gunman opened fire yesterday at a community college, killing 13 people and wounding some 20 before he was shot dead by officers, in the latest mass killing to rock a US school, state.
The shooting rampage began at Umpqua Community College shortly after 10.30am.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said the shooter was slain in an exchange of gunfire with police officers in a campus building, in Roseburg, a city of some 20,000 about 418km from south of Portland.
Governor Kate Brown said the suspect was 20-year-old man but he was not identified.
In a call from the incident posted onto the website of the Oregonian newspaper, an emergency responder at the scene said there were reports the shooter had a long gun. A short time later, an emergency responder radioed that the suspect was “down.”
The daily said at least six were critically injured, citing an official with Life Flight.
Local media said authorities were combing through the campus, which serves over 13,000 students. The FBI said it was sending agents to the scene. Reuters
