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Authorities respond to Oregon's Umpqua Community College after a shooting was reported on Oct. 1, 2015. (Credit: NR Today)
[Breaking news, posted at 12:53 p.m. PT]
Investigators are examining social media postings made by a man, thought to be in his late 20s, who they believe is the suspect in Thursday's shootings at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The night before the attack, the alleged shooter appears to have had a conversation with others online about his intentions, the source said.
[Original story, last updated at 12:48 p.m. ET]
A suspected gunman was detained Thursday after reportedly killing 13 people at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, the state's attorney general said.
A patient is wheeled into the Emergency Room at Mercy Medical Center. (Credit: NR Today)
Preliminary information indicated 10 people were killed and more than 20 were injured at the college, Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate initially told CNN. The college is in the small city of Roseburg in Southern Oregon.
The shooter was believed to have been detained, Fugate said.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum later told MSNBC that 13 people were killed and 20 were injured.
State and local officials were expected to hold a news conference some time after 1:30 p.m.
The shooting was reported in a 911 call to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at 10:38 a.m., the agency said.
The shooting appeared to have started in one building before the gunman moved to the school's science building, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. Those killed and wounded were found in at least two classrooms.
Portland television station KATU initially reported state police said 15 people were killed, but later tweeted there were seven to 10 fatalities.
Paramedics return to their ambulances after delivering patients to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg. (Credit: NR Today)
First responders found "multiple patients in multiple classrooms," Douglas County Fire Marshal Ray Shoufler told CNN. He said multiple people had died, but he didn't have an exact number.
Student Lacey Gregory told Portland television station KOIN that she was in the library when the shooting occurred. Officers issued her and other students to a safe zone, Gregory said.
"It was really scary," Gregory said, speaking live on air by phone. "Our hands went over our heads as we walked out in a single-file line. … We just stood there and prayed to God that we were going to make it."
She spoke from the county fairgrounds, where authorities took students and college staff. The Red Cross was present, she told KOIN.
Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg tweeted that the hospital accepted nine patients from the shooting, and three more were en route. Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, in Springfield, about 70 miles from the campus, said two victims had arrived and three more were expected.
The Douglas County Fire District No. 2 first tweeted about the shooting around 10:45 a.m.
A map shows the layout of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. (Credit: Umpqua Community College)
The fire department later stated there were multiple casualties. The district tweeted just before 11:30 a.m. that the active shooter scene was "code 4," meaning no further emergency response was needed, and all patients had been transported.
Officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene, according to a bureau tweet. FBI agents were also headed to Roseburg.
Roseburg, with about 22,000 residents, is about 175 miles south of Portland off the 5 Freeway.
The college is on a hill outside of the city center, according to CNN military analyst Rick Francona, who lives nearby. The area is fairly rural but accessible because of the nearby interstate, he told the network.
"This is so out of character for this whole area," he said.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
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