'The more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight': College gunman, 26, was 'filled with hate,' lived with his mother and asked if his victims were Christian in rampage that left at least ten dead
Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon
Killer with British father died in gunfight with police and had four guns - three pistols and one rifle and bodyarmour
He killed 10 and wounded at least seven, and just three days prior he had downloaded This World Surviving Sandy Hook BBC Documentary 2015 according to his profile on a website community
Harper-Mercer said he was 'mixed race,' a 'conservative Republican,' 'not religious,' and 'living with parents'
He downloaded a documentary about Sandy Hook days before rampage and celebrated Nazis and IRA online
In August he praised TV station shooter Vester Flanagan and said killing more people meant 'in the limelight'
Harper-Mercer made his victims lie on the ground and then stand up and state their religion before shooting them according to eyewitnesses, also asking they were Christian and saying; 'Good, you'll see God in a second'
Do you know Chris Harper-Mercer or his family? email: [email protected]
By Snejana Farberov and Chris Spargo and Daniel Bates and Martin Robinson for MailOnline
Published: 18:34 GMT, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 11:17 GMT, 2 October 2015
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The Oregon college gunman who murdered at least ten people was today named as Chris Harper-Mercer - a 26-year-old with links to Britain who celebrated other mass murderers and said: 'The more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight'.
The killer, who said he idolized the IRA and Nazis, yesterday walked into Umpqua Community College in Roseburg wearing body armour and carrying three handguns and a rifle before shooting dead students.
Witnesses said he had made his victims stand-up at gunpoint and say if they were Christian before telling them: 'Good, you'll see God in a second' and shooting them. Survivors only saved their own lives by playing dead.
After his bloody rampage was reported to police he was then killed in a gunfight with officers with one source saying: 'He appears to be an angry young man who was very filled with hate'.
His British father Ian Mercer, who lives in California, said today: 'I'm just as shocked as everybody at what happened today. I've just been talking to the police and the FBI. That's all the details I have right now, is what you know already.
He added: 'Obviously, it's been a devastating day. Devastating for me and my family'.
Neighbors said Harper-Mercer from was a visibly ‘anxious’ and friendless loner who lived with his mother and surfed dating sites looking for love. He was often seen wearing camouflage clothing and may even have joined the U.S. Army.
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Suspect: Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg - An American with links to Britain who appeared to celebrate Nazis and the IRA
Suspect: Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg - An American with links to Britain who appeared to celebrate Nazis and the IRA
Chris Harper-Mercer
Chris Harper-Mercer
Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon
Killer with British father died in gunfight with police and had four guns - three pistols and one rifle and bodyarmour
He killed 10 and wounded at least seven, and just three days prior he had downloaded This World Surviving Sandy Hook BBC Documentary 2015 according to his profile on a website community
Harper-Mercer said he was 'mixed race,' a 'conservative Republican,' 'not religious,' and 'living with parents'
He downloaded a documentary about Sandy Hook days before rampage and celebrated Nazis and IRA online
In August he praised TV station shooter Vester Flanagan and said killing more people meant 'in the limelight'
Harper-Mercer made his victims lie on the ground and then stand up and state their religion before shooting them according to eyewitnesses, also asking they were Christian and saying; 'Good, you'll see God in a second'
Do you know Chris Harper-Mercer or his family? email: [email protected]
By Snejana Farberov and Chris Spargo and Daniel Bates and Martin Robinson for MailOnline
Published: 18:34 GMT, 1 October 2015 | Updated: 11:17 GMT, 2 October 2015
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The Oregon college gunman who murdered at least ten people was today named as Chris Harper-Mercer - a 26-year-old with links to Britain who celebrated other mass murderers and said: 'The more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight'.
The killer, who said he idolized the IRA and Nazis, yesterday walked into Umpqua Community College in Roseburg wearing body armour and carrying three handguns and a rifle before shooting dead students.
Witnesses said he had made his victims stand-up at gunpoint and say if they were Christian before telling them: 'Good, you'll see God in a second' and shooting them. Survivors only saved their own lives by playing dead.
After his bloody rampage was reported to police he was then killed in a gunfight with officers with one source saying: 'He appears to be an angry young man who was very filled with hate'.
His British father Ian Mercer, who lives in California, said today: 'I'm just as shocked as everybody at what happened today. I've just been talking to the police and the FBI. That's all the details I have right now, is what you know already.
He added: 'Obviously, it's been a devastating day. Devastating for me and my family'.
Neighbors said Harper-Mercer from was a visibly ‘anxious’ and friendless loner who lived with his mother and surfed dating sites looking for love. He was often seen wearing camouflage clothing and may even have joined the U.S. Army.
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Suspect: Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg - An American with links to Britain who appeared to celebrate Nazis and the IRA
Suspect: Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, has been identified as the gunman at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg - An American with links to Britain who appeared to celebrate Nazis and the IRA
Chris Harper-Mercer
Chris Harper-Mercer
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