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SMH… Umpqua Community College Shooting An Oregon community college is on lockdown after a shooting. A reported 10 people are dead and more than 20 others are reportedly wounded. CNN reports: Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate. Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice told CNN that the shooter is in custody. It was not immediately clear whether the shooter was injured. ATF agents were on the scene and canine teams are en route to search for explosives, fire arms casings and ammunition, a spokesman said. Earlier, authorities told had said they were responding to reports of an active shooter at the Roseburg college campus. Roseburg is a city of about 22,000 people located about 70 miles south of Eugene, Oregon, and some 180 miles south of Portland. This story is still developing… Continue reading →