VIDEO-Oregon gunman lived near college | Reuters.com

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION The man killed by police on Thursday (October 1) after he fatally shot nine people at a community college in southern Oregon was a nervy 26-year-old who lived close to the campus and described himself as shy, according to neighbours, media and online reports. A law enforcement source said multiple agencies had identified the shooter as Chris Harper-Mercer. Online directories list a man of that name as having lived in Torrance, California, before moving to Winchester, Oregon. Reuters was not able to independently verify the name of the shooter, but on Thursday night law enforcement officers were out in force at the Winchester apartment building identified in databases as Harper-Mercer's residence. Two neighbours said they recognised online photos of Harper-Mercer as a man from the apartment building. A phone number listed for the address was busy. By early evening on Thursday multiple law enforcement vehicles, personnel and dogs had gathered at the pink apartment complex, which is about a four-minute drive for Umpqua Community College. Police tape was drawn across one of the units and officers were stationed outside the door. Investigators from multiple agencies, including the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, Homeland Security Protective Services and the FBI were on site. Neighbours were shocked to learn the shooting suspect lived among them. "I don't know, it's just weird to think that anyone could and then especially, like, a neighbour, you know. You would never think that. Yeah, you hear about this stuff happening around the country, in different schools," said Sydney Clarke. "When it's you it changes it completely. Especially when you're in Roseburg, this community is like a family, like, I felt safe here and now I don't feel anything close to safe," added another neighbour, Katie Underwood. In an internet posting on the Spiritual Passions dating and social networking site a user posted a picture that appears to be Harper-Mercer under the user name IRONCROSS45, which Harper-Mercer used as his email handle. The user described himself as a 26-year-old mixed-race man looking for a woman. He said he was not religious but spiritual, a teetotaller living with his parents and a conservative Republican.

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