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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Timeline of UCC shooting response ... UPDATED: UCC gunman committed suicide, left manifesto ... Should mass shooters be named? ... Timeline of UCC shooting response ... UPDATED: UCC gunman committed suicide, left manifesto ... Should mass shooters be named? ... UPDATED: Names of UCC shooting victims released Comment By The Associated Press DailyTidings.com By The Associated Press Posted Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:50 AM Updated Oct 2, 2015 at 3:03 PM By The Associated Press Posted Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:50 AM Updated Oct 2, 2015 at 3:03 PM » Social News 2:30 p.m. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has just released the identities of the people killed in the Thursday shooting at Umpqua Community College. They are: - Lucero Alcaraz of Roseburg — 19 years old - Quinn Glen Cooper of Roseburg — 18 years old - Kim Saltmarsh Dietz of Roseburg — 59 years old - Lucas Eibel of Roseburg — 18 years old - Jason Dale Johnson of Winston — 33 years old - Lawrence Levine of Glide — 67 years old - Sarena Dawn Moore of Myrtle Creek — 44 years old - Treven Taylor Anspach of Sutherlin — 20 years old - Rebecka Ann Carnes of Myrtle Creek — 18 years old. The sheriff also confirmed that nine people were injured and taken to hospitals. Earlier Mercy Medical Center officials had reported 10 patients were brought to the Roseburg hospital. One died, two were quickly treated and released, and three were transferred to a hospital near Eugene for a higher level of care. Of the four remaining patients, one was discharged late Thursday, and one was expected to leave Friday, and the other two are expected to survive, but one remained in critical condition early this morning. 2:05 p.m. President Barack Obama says opponents of gun control laws know how to stir up fear and scare politicians. Obama is lamenting the inability to pass stricter gun laws even after incidents such as the shooting Thursday at Umpqua Community College that killed nine people. Obama said at a news conference Friday at the White House that interest groups and Republican politicians know how to organize and raise money. He says the American people must match their sense of urgency if the country is to stop the flood of mass shootings. The president says he plans to keep talking about the issue and "will politicize it" because inaction is itself a political decision the U.S. is making. He says it's impossible to identify mentally ill people likely to perpetrate mass shootings ahead of time. He says the only thing the U.S. can do is ensure they don't have an arsenal available "when something in them snaps." 1:20 p.m. Former California neighbors of the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college say he was temperamental and ignored people. The neighbors encountered 26-year-old Christopher Harper-Mercer at an apartment complex in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, where he lived with his mother until a few years ago. Nineteen-year-old Reina Webb told The Associated Press on Friday that he kept to himself, but if he did talk, it would be as if he was having a temper tantrum. She says he often rode a red bicycle. Another neighbor, Jason Lee, says no one really knew Harper-Mercer because he would ignore people who said hello and just ride on by. Webb says Harper-Mercer's mother was friendly, chatted with neighbors and told her they were moving to make a new start in Oregon. Harper-Mercer attended El Camino College in Torrance from 2010 to 2012. Campus spokeswoman Ann Garten says she has no details on whether he graduated or what he studied. 1 p.m. One of three young Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train this summer would have been at an Oregon community college where a shooter killed nine people if he had not been rehearsing for ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." ABC News reported Friday (http://abcn.ws/1YUbsvv ) that Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg, Oregon, told the network's "Good Morning America" program that he would have been attending a class at Umpqua Community College during Thursday's attack. Skarlatos gained fame when he helped subdue a man who boarded a train with a rifle, a pistol and a box cutter. He was awarded France's highest honor and his popularity won him a spot on the dancing competition show. Skarlatos has left rehearsals in Los Angeles to be with family and friends in his hometown. 12:50 p.m. Doctors say three women airlifted to a hospital after a deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college are expected to survive, but one will likely have lasting neurological damage. Dr. Scott Russi of PeaceHealth Medical Center said at a news conference Friday that the woman was shot in the head and the bullet entered the left side of her brain. He says another woman flown to the hospital in Springfield was shot in the spine, and the other suffered wounds to the abdomen and chest. The women range in age from 18 to 34. They were among the seven people wounded in the attack at Umpqua Community College in the small town of Roseburg that left nine people and the gunman dead. The hospital is about 70 miles north of Roseburg. 12:20 p.m. The governor of Oregon and members of the state's congressional delegation have spoken about the need to stem the tide of mass shootings in the U.S. after a gunman killed nine people at a community college but that now is a time for healing. At a news conference Friday, Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio commended the small town of Roseburg for coming together to help the victims of Thursday's shooting at Umpqua Community College. Brown said more must be done to prevent bloodshed but that "today is not the day." She says it's time to help the community heal Wyden echoed her comments, adding that ending massacres will require compromise. Merkley, who grew up in the area, thanked first responders and said one of those who died was the great-granddaughter of his first cousin. 11:55 a.m. A student who worked on stage productions with the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college says he was a normal guy, if a bit nerdy. Alex Frier, stage manager for plays at Umpqua Community College, says Christopher Harper-Mercer was a production assistant responsible for building sets last semester. It wasn't clear if he was enrolled at the college in the small town of Roseburg, but she and some students say they thought he was taking classes. Frier says Harper-Mercer didn't really interact with her much, but he'd typically wear funny sunglasses. She says: "He was a typical Roseburg kid, kinda nerdy, kinda out there. Just himself." 11:25 a.m. The U.S. Army says the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college flunked out of basic training in 2008. Lt. Col. Ben Garrett, an Army spokesman, said Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer was in service at Fort Jackson, S. C., starting on Nov. 5, 2008. But by Dec. 11, 2008, he was discharged for failing to meet the minimum administrative standards. Garrett did not say which standards Harper-Mercer failed to meet. Generally, the Army requires recruits to pass physical fitness tests and to be generally in good physical and mental health. Recruits also must score highly enough on a multiple-choice test covering science, math, reading comprehension and other topics. 11 a.m. A federal agency says investigators have recovered six weapons at Umpqua Community College and seven at the apartment of the gunman who killed nine people. ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Celinez Nunez said at a news conference Friday that all of the weapons were purchased legally, seven of them by the shooter or his family members in the last three years. She says investigators also found a flak jacket next to a rifle at the school, which contained steel plates. Officials said five pistols and a rifle were found on campus and two pistols, four rifles and a shotgun were found at his apartment, along with what authorities described as "a significant amount of ammunition." In an incident report obtained by The Associated Press late Thursday the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reported he had body armor and was armed with three pistols, a rifle and five additional magazines. The guns included a 9mm Glock pistol and .40-caliber Smith & Wesson, both traced to the suspect. He also had a .40-caliber Taurus pistol traced to someone in Portland and a .556-caliber Del-Ton. The shooting Thursday also wounded seven. Officials identified the killer as Chris Harper Mercer. He died after a shootout with police. He isn't believed to have a criminal history. Investigators believe he may have been a student at UCC because a receipt found at the scene showed he purchased textbooks from the campus bookstore two days before the shooting. Classes started at the college on Monday. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told CNN on Friday that his position on gun control had not shifted following Thursday's shooting. He spoke out against state and federal gun control legislation last year, telling a legislative committee that mandating background checks for private, person-to-person gun sales would not prevent criminals from getting firearms. Hanlin also sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden in 2013, after a shooter killed 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school. Hanlin said he and his deputies would refuse to enforce new gun-control restrictions "offending the constitutional rights of my citizens." The community, where people like to hunt deer, elk and bear, echoes his push to protect gun rights. "I carry to protect myself — the exact same reason this happened," said Casey Runyan, referring to the Thursday's shooting. Runyan carries a Glock 29 pistol everywhere he goes. "All my friends agree with me. That's the only kind of friends I have," said Runyan, a disabled Marine Corps veteran. Retired U.S. Army nurse Donice "Maggie Rose" Smith, who also hosts a talk show on Internet radio, said she and her husband, a retired Army captain, chose Douglas County for their retirement because of a low crime rate and strong local support for First and Second Amendment rights. J.C. Smith said barring people from carrying guns on campus made it particularly vulnerable to a "lone wolf" attack. "With current world events, (armed people) would keep the ground safer," he said. The school has a policy of no guns on campus and did not feel the need for an armed security presence, Umpqua Community College interim President Rita Cavin said. "This is an anomaly and a tragedy," she said of the shooting. — Associated Press By The Associated Press DailyTidings.com By The Associated Press Posted Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:50 AM Updated Oct 2, 2015 at 3:03 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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