talking to douglas county sheriff s office. and he s trying to answer one of our questions as to how big the force is. we appreciate gerald s efforts 109 officers. give us a sense of which jurisdictions you were able to draw from. you said multiple jurisdictions responded. where did they come from? they came from roseburg city police, southerland police, winston police. is this the kind of thing you can be prepared for, gerald? no. you know, this is really kind of a shock for a community this size. can you tell us a little bit about the college. just it seems like at least a few thousand students who attend there, i m guessing mostly part time and younger and older students. part time, full time. they have a nursing program that has an associate degree and bachelor of science degree. so primarily nursing students
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.
you know, this is this is big for here. you know, this isn t a real big community. for something like that to take place. yeah. unfortunately, this is big for anywhere. this is going to be a terrible mass casualty event in the recent history of this country. kate snow? we re getting some i m amazed that every single day now there s a shooting it seems like. that s right. that s what we were talking about earlier. and now it s in my backyard as well. yep. larry, we re getting some tweets now. we re seeing people tweeting from campus, a student, it looks like, of course, this is just on twitter so we can t confirm. but kayla marie wrote, oh, my god, there s someone shooting on campus. students are running everywhere. holy god. then her last tweet is, i m okay physically. we re being bused off campus. hard to even read those tweets, brian. i should say one more thing. the douglas county sheriff this is important is saying
there then? no, no. that s just one of the programs. we heard this may have occurred in the science building there. have you heard that? no, i haven t. all i know is that they had cleared snyder building. snyder building. yes. do you know what kind of classes happen in that building? i think that s a science area. gerald, i mean, from your perspective, do you make your home there in roseburg? i do. describe what the community is like and what news of this kind of shooting does to a community your size? well, it s absolutely devastating. my granddaughter attends there. by the grace of god, she was home sick today. oh, my goodness. and so you must have had a moment of panic where you were checking on your granddaughter? i sure did. well, i know it s a pretty tight community down there, a lot of oregon communities of
by helicopter and one unidentified en route to the hospital. they say simply, quote, we re expecting more. elected officials thoughts and prayers are with the community. all of the officials from washington state and oregon, the entire pacific northwest reacting to this because of the area this will affect. here s our map that zooms into the community college. adjacent to the river there. as we said, it was one of early community colleges in the region. first classes were offered in 1961. it s been around a long time. it s expanded over the years. about 18 different buildings on campus. this was just a classroom facility. happened at 10:38 local time.