2015 Umpqua Community College shooting
| Umpqua Community College shooting | |
|---|---|
Snyder Hall, the scene of the shooting | |
| Location | Roseburg, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 43°17′20″N 123°19′55″W / 43.2888°N 123.3320°W (Snyder Hall) |
| Date | October 1, 2015 10:38 – 10:48 a.m. (PDT) |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, shootout, murder–suicide |
| Weapons |
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| Deaths | 10 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrator | Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer |
| Motive | Revenge for perceived sexual and social rejection |
A shooting occurred on October 1, 2015, at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Chris Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old student 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 committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The school shooting is the deadliest in Oregon's history, surpassing the 1998 Thurston High School shooting.