Christopher Harper-Mercer
American spree killer
Born on: July 26, 1989Died on: October 1, 2015
Aged: 26 years 67 days (314 months)
Nationality: American
Birth Sign: Leo
On October 1, 2015, a school shooting occurred at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others.
Roseburg police detectives responded to the incident and engaged Harper-Mercer in a brief shootout. After being wounded, he died by suicide by shooting himself in the head.
The school shooting is the deadliest in Oregon's history, surpassing the 1998 Thurston High School shooting.
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