Roseburg, Ore. – -(Ammoland.com)- A shooting has been confirmed at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.
More than 20 people are injured after a shooting at a community college in Oregon Thursday morning, officials told the Daily News.
Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday morning, Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate told CNN.
7 to 10 dead, 20 + wound per state police in shooting at Snyder Hall at UmpquaCC https://t.co/B4vXeDPuO4 pic.twitter.com/2oPB3uoMjG
— KVAL News (@KVALnews) October 1, 2015
The shooter was reported as “down,” with no further details immediately available, said Douglass County commissioner Chris Boice.
One female was shot in the chest on the Roseburg campus, and 20 people were reported as “injured,” he said.
Umpqua Community College is a posted Gun Free Zone but allows concealed carry under Oregon law. The college security page states the following:
“Possession, use, or threatened use of firearms (including but not limited to BB guns, air guns, water pistols, and paint guns) ammunition, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or any other objects as weapons on college property, except as expressly authorized by law or college regulations, is prohibited.
Possession of knives with a blade longer than 4” is prohibited.
Brandishing weapons is prohibited.
Misuse of personal defensive weapons – e.g., pepper spray, etc. is prohibited. The owner is responsible and accountable for any misuse of these devices.”
The college is located on the North Umpqua River and serves Roseburg and the greater Douglas County area. The college was established in 1964 and educates close to 20,000 full and part-time students
This story is breaking and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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From the UCC student Code of Conduct, Under “Student Misconduct”:
Possession or use, without written authorization, of firearms, explosives, dangerous chemicals, substances, or any other weapons or destructive devices that are designed to or readily capable of causing physical injury, on College premises, at College-sponsored or supervised functions or at functions sponsored or participated in by the College.
Sounds like they are banned to me. What the hell is written authorization? From whom? The College, the Mayor, the Governor, my mother?
Once again, a gun-free zone makes it easy for a lunatic to do unbelievable harm. For those that think a CHL holder can carry on a school property, someone is not reading Oregon law correctly! Under section 166.370, (3) (g) (A) & (B) it states that a person is not subject to a violation and a class C felony if: (g) Possession of a firearm on school property if the firearm: (A) Is possessed by a person who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing the firearm; and (B) Is unloaded and locked in a motor vehicle. What the hell good… Read more »
I read that the campus allows cc of weapons, but weapons aren’t allowed inside buildings. Not sure if accurate.
Whether Oregon law allows licensed concealed carry on campus is largely irrelevant at community colleges where the vast majority of students are under the age of 21 and not legally able to be licensed. That being said, to post the school with signage and electronically as a “GUN FREE ZONE”, you have advertised that it is an area where the probability of armed resistance to an armed attack is low. The likeliness of a legally armed citizen being present would have been greater at a four year university and would be more likely in more pro-second amendment states. Personally, I… Read more »
How’s that “gun-free zone” working out for ya?
Gun-free zones and restraining orders. Pie in the sky…….