Oregon gunman enrolled at college he attacked in deadly rampage


  • World
  • Saturday, 03 Oct 2015

ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - A heavily armed gunman who shot to death an English professor and eight others in an Oregon community college classroom was identified on Friday as a student in the class who previously had been turned away from a private firearms training academy.

A day after a rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg that ended with 10 dead, including the gunman, and nine wounded, authorities sought a motive for the bloodiest U.S. mass shooting among the dozens reported over the past two years.

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