Religion May Have Been A Motivation For UCC Mass Shooter Yesterday the nation stood in shock, again, after news broke that there was ANOTHER mass shooting that took the lives of young people seeking an education. Umpqua Community College lost 9 students as a 26-year-old shooter named Chris Harper Mercer arrived on campus armed with 3 firearms with murderous intentions. According to the NYDailyNews, the shooter’s social media profile revealed that was a “fan” of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), other mass shootings in America and may have been hinting at his plans to terrorize UCC. Police believe that religion was a motivation for the violent massacre. Those victims had been forced to say their religions at gunpoint before Mercer fired on them, according to widely-cited eyewitness accounts. “The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” according to a Twitter user who said a relative had survived the shooting.”If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs.” Also of note… A dating profile from the religious singles site Spiritual Passions also may hold some clues. Mercer identified himself as an “introvert” and “teetotaller” who was “not religious, not religious, but spiritual.” He called himself mixed race, a conservative Republican and said he was “always dieting.” The profile is titled “IRONCROSS45,” which could be a reference to the German military medal last used by Nazi troops in World War II. A blog that has been linked to him was last updated on Wednesday with an uploaded documentary on the 2013 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., according to CBS News. In another post, he discussed Vester Lee Flanagan, the shooter who gunned down two Virginia journalists on live TV in August. “I have noticed that so many people like [Flanagan] are alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are,” Mercer wrote. “A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day. Seems like the more people you kill, the more you’re in the limelight.” Sounds like this guy was not only a psycho, but looking for a lil’ bit of fame at the expense of 9 human lives. What the HELL is going on in this world?! SMH.
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#UCCShooting: Crazed 26-Year-Old Shooter Identified, Described As “Angry Young Man Filled With Hate”
