Oregon college shooting: father of gunman Chris Harper Mercer 'shocked' and 'devastated' after nine
Source: Evening Standard
Oregon college shooting: father of gunman Chris Harper Mercer 'shocked' and 'devastated' after nine shot dead
Rachel Blundy |
Friday 2 October 2015 09:43 BST|
The father of a gunman who shot dead nine people at a US college before he was killed in a shoot-out with police has said he is "shocked" and "devastated" by the killings.
Ian Mercer, father of shooter Chris Harper Mercer, today said he was still coming to terms with the news of the murders at Umpqua Community College in Oregon.
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Today it emerged that the killer, who was born in the UK but was moved to the US as a young boy, had warned of his plot to gun down students in a post on website 4chan.
He is said to have used multiple weapons as he stormed on the school while lessons were taking place.
Read more: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/oregon-college-shooting-father-of-gunman-chris-harper-mercer-shocked-and-devastated-after-nine-shot-a3071066.html
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Geez the media needs to leave them alone. I'm sure they are shocked and suffering as much as the victims of the shootings.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)I agree they need to be left alone. They don't have any better answers than the rest of us.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)I'm not saying his family should be harassed but perhaps normalizing a gun culture with him wasn't such a grand idea
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)But, target shooting with your kid doesn't really make them culpable, does it? You don't really think that, do you Skittles?
BTW: I'm no gun guy. Don't own one. Shot one on a police range and on a military firing line. Both one time each. One time pistols, the other time rifle. Other than that, i don't defend gun ownership, especially to the fetish stage.
But, i don't think these parents are anything other than another set of greiving parents. Their unhinged kid is dead too.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)That a cite supporting an opinion. How does that make them culpable for the actions for their 26 year old son.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)BUT THEY FUCKING SUCK
moondust
(19,917 posts)Neighbor of shooter and mother says he has seen both entering apartment carrying gun cases.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Oneironaut
(5,461 posts)Whenever there's a shooter, they always use their complete name. I don't know if it's to avoid confusing the shooter's name with other names, or just something that became part of the present news culture?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)I guess that is a lot more common these days.
Oneironaut
(5,461 posts)I assumed Harper was the shooter's middle name.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)for spree killers. Yikes.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Their officers generally are not armed. Police in this country could benefit from a few lessons.
flamingdem
(39,303 posts)with a British father and early years in England, strange.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)FSogol
(45,355 posts)Rose77
(57 posts)''There are reports of multiple alphabet agencies such as the FBI and ATF in the area as the shooting occurred. "
keep digging
rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)Not buying it