Chris Harper Mercer: details emerge of Oregon college killerPosted in Articles, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2015-10-03 21:34Z by Steven |
Chris Harper Mercer: details emerge of Oregon college killer
The Guardian
2015-10-02
![]() Chris Harper Mercer, the alleged gunman in the Oregon shootings. He had captioned this photo: ‘Me, holding a rifle.’ Photograph: Myspace |
Umpqua college shooter, who was born in England according to media reports, had a varied online presence that indicated support for the IRA
The Umpqua shooter has been named as Chris Harper Mercer, a 26-year-old who lived with his mother at an apartment only a few miles from the college.
American media reports said he was born in England and moved to the US at a young age: his stepsister, Carmen Nesnick, told CBS Los Angeles that he travelled to the US as a young boy. Other accounts report that Nesnick specified that Harper-Mercer was born in England…
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