The reported 26-year-old gunman appeared to have left an extensive profile on obscure blog sites and other online boards.
Chris Harper Mercer is seen in a Myspace profile picture.
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The gunman behind the shooting massacre at a community college in Oregon that left 10 people dead and seven others injured left a meandering trail of personal insights on a number of obscure websites and message boards, providing some possible insight into his motives.
While not officially named by authorities Thursday, multiple media outlets — including the Associated Press, New York Times and CNN — identified 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer as the gunman who opened fire at Umpqua Community College on the fourth day of class.
The shooter was among those killed while exchanging gunfire with two officers who responded within minutes of getting a call for help around 10:38 a.m., Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said during a news conference. It was unclear if the shooter was killed by police gunfire or took his own life.
No officers were hurt.
Friends and family are reunited with students at the local fairgrounds after a deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College.
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Local and federal authorities were looking into the shooter's past, though little was known about him as of Thursday evening.
According to public records, Mercer lived in Torrance, California, before moving to Winchester, Oregon, several years ago.
Mercer's stepsister, Carmen Nesnick, who lives in Los Angeles, told the local NBC affiliate she was shocked by the shooting, particularly because it seemed so far outside the person she knew.
"I don't know what to say," she told NBC4. "I'm shaking right now. He was a nice guy."
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