you and clint were just talking about this, people weighing in with their political views. how many times does this need to happen before we act? as we said, this is by nature a commuter campus. there s no dorms at a community college. this is average student age is just south of 38 years of age. 58% female, you see there, 42% male. and a rural area. the community which is most closely tied to as a population just north of 20,000. but it serves i guess a total of just over 100,000 people in the region. interesting we just got a note that it is legal to carry a concealed weapon on campus in oregon. the state law due to recent state legislation actually allows the carrying of a concealed weapon. just something to note that s legally admissible in oregon.
everyone. did you know anyone at this community college? yes. yeah. there are a lot of people that work at our station, their kid goes to this community college. as you have said, it s a very small, rural town. this college is where everyone goes. everyone is affected by this. yeah. we were saying the average age of the student is is just under 38 years old. it has a lot of adult students. and thousands of part-time students serving in an area of 100,000 people. yeah. the first it was the first week of classes as well. classes started on monday. we are we ve been told by the oregon attorney general, 13 dead. that was a new figure for us, but she said it came from her own people. are you hearing the same thing? they are not confirm anything as of now. what we have confirmed is seven
the time of the shooting but was en route and turned away. larry, i have read your account. you said this took place in a building called snyder hall. can you describe it for us? yes, it s just one of the buildings on our campus that s got a computer center. it s just down from the library, really close to the science building. campus center, i guess. what class were you en route to today? are you full or part time? i m a full-time student. i had was on my way to a psychology class. and is it true what we ve been reporting this was about the fourth day of instruction for the fall term? yes, sir. i m quite sure you ve done a kind of sad mental inventory of
college. courtney renney on a bus on her way to the staging ground. are you full or part time. i m full time. and what s your understanding what building this took place? is there someone you re looking for? did you know any of the students or instructors who were scheduled to be there? i actually we just got to the fair grounds. from my understanding it started in the science building and made its way to schneider hall. i m not entirely sure of details other than that besides there are like seven to ten people that are dead and many people injur injured. are they making an announcement for you, having just arrived at fair grounds? what? is somebody making an announcement because you just arrived at fair grounds? yes. they re telling us the buses that are taking us home.
curtains and sit in the corner. we thought it was a drill. then my sociology teacher came if and said it was real. this coming from a 23-year-old student courtney renney. a lot of panic in this post, brian. i m reading ahead. i don t really know how to react. they prepare you for stuff like this in elementary school and you never think it s actually going to happen. that s a telling statement, too, because these are 23-year-olds who have grown up with active shooter drills. my kids go through them every year, every elementary school in this country now has active shooter drills. and a cottage industry, sadly, of classroom equipment has exploded. the whiteboard that can be taken down from the wall of a classroom and used as a kevlar shield against incoming rounds. francis rivera in our newsroom has been looking at reaction on social media. certainly chilling, brian, to hear from some of these students who tweeted throughout this.