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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Oregon shooter sought 'limelight' he saw given VA shooter Vester Flanagan
2015-10-02
[Breitbart] On Thursday morning, police say 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer shot and killed at least nine people on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) campus before officers shot and killed him.

A new report claims someone appearing to be Mercer wrote longingly of the attention given to Vester Lee Flanagan after he shot a television reporter and cameraman on air in Virginia.

Mercer wounded at least seven people in addition to those he killed on the gun free UCC campus, law enforcement says.

According to CBS News, a blog which appears to be Mercer's "[referenced] multiple shootings," including the shooting carried out by Flanagan on August 26.
Posted by:Besoeker

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Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-10-02 20:04  

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BREAKING: Internet Trolls Altered Chris Harper Mercer’s Online Profile Today – Now Says He’s “Conservative”

"** According to the online Archive.org the online profile was changed 5 times today."
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2015-10-02 17:30  

#7  Umpqua Community College dismissed the idea of armed guards
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2015-10-02 17:27  

#6  Concealed Carrying Air Force Vet Held Back From Stopping Attack By UCC Staff
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2015-10-02 17:25  

#5  Just goes to show, you don't have to be a Muslim---though it helps.

Just mentally unstable. Which includes both said parties.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-10-02 15:51  

#4  Just goes to show, you don't have to be a Muslim---though it helps.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-02 13:00  

#3  The Daily Mail adds more background as of 9:30 a.m. ET, including quotes from neighbours, which are stereotypical:

The Los Angeles Times spoke to former neighbors of Harper-Mercer and his mother Laurel who described the pair as loners.

They also said that Harper-Mercer, who would often wear camouflage pants tucked into black boots, seems to carry around a black case with a gun inside and loved target shooting.

Rosario Lucumi, 51, said that mother Laurel would frequently call her son 'baby' despite the fact that he was an adult, and would get involved in disputes over loud noises and at one point a cockroach infestation she said was keeping her son awake at night.

Lucimi's daughter, Rosario Espinoza, said the young man always appeared 'anxious' and 'nervous.'

'He was a little odd, like sensitive to things,' said Rebecca Miles, who took a theater class with Mercer, while another neighbor, Steven Fisher, described him as 'skittish'.

'His demeanor, the way he moved, always looking around,' Fisher said. 'I got a bad vibe from him.'
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-10-02 10:55  

#2  The profs had a new solution, other than banning guns, of course - don't mention his name. That is, don't accord him the fame he sought.

That'll teach him!
Posted by: Bobby   2015-10-02 10:41  

#1  Got to blame the 'gun', not the Christian hating governing class and their media dogs. Had these been Muslims, do you really have to guess what would fill the airwaves and print for the next weeks, let alone mandatory 'instructions' in our educational institutions.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-10-02 08:39  

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