it tends to step up and take care of itself. and i m sure that will happen this time too as far as the local folks who are willing to give to help their neighbors. incidents like these, as terrible as they are, they do have a way of getting people to pull together. oregon state senator jeff kruse, whose district includes roseburg. good luck to you and your constituents tonight, sir. thanks for taking the time to talk to us. okay. what we need mostly from the rest of the country is their prayers for all the people impacted by this. i hear you, sir. thank you. all right. we ve got much more ahead. why do so many people choose aleve? it s the brand more doctors recommend for minor arthritis pain. plus, just two aleve can last all day. you d need 6 tylenol arthritis to do that. aleve. all day strong. those diagnosed with cancer who explored their treatment options by getting
people, if the gunman is included in that count. the sheriff is not saying either way. the newspaper the oregonian is reporting and they re sourcing the fbi saying the shoog shooter is among those ten fatalities. if that s true, it would be the shooter plus nine other people killed. we do know that the gunman dead. if he did act alone, then honestly, part of me does not care what was going on in his mind that caused him to kill all these innocent people. but we do not know that either. just in the last few minutes we also have learned according to law enforcement officials the gunman s name and age. we have been told earlier in the day that the gunman was a 20-year-old male. now we are told that the shooter is believed to be a 26-year-old male, and we re told his name is chris harper mercer. again, 26 years old. those law enforcement officials say that this person was not a student the the school where the massacre happened today. that reporting is from nbc news justice cor
if that s true, it would be the shooter plus nine other people killed. we do know that the gunman dead. if he did act alone, then honestly, part of me does not care what was going on in his mind that caused him to kill all these innocent people. but we do not know that either. just in the last few minutes we also have learned according to law enforcement officials the gunman s name and age. we have been told earlier in the day that the gunman was a 20-year-old male. now we are told that the shooter is believed to be a 26-year-old male, and we re told his name is chris harper mercer. again, 26 years old. those law enforcement officials say that this person was not a student at the school where the massacre happened today. that reporting is from nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. he will be joining us shortly to give us more on both the sourcing of that information to the extent that he can and also what it might mean about what happened here and why. but as far as i
if the gunman is one of the ten people, if the gunman is included in that count. the sheriff is not saying either way. the newspaper the oregonian is reporting and they re sourcing the fbi saying the shooter is among those ten fatalities. if that s true, it would be the shooter plus nine other people killed. we do know that the gunman dead. if he did act alone, then honestly, part of me does not care what was going on in his mind that caused him to kill all these innocent people. but we do not know that either. just in the last few minutes we also have learned according to law enforcement officials the gunman s name and age. we have been told earlier in the day that the gunman was a 20-year-old male. now we are told that the shooter is believed to be a 26-year-old male, and we re told his name is chris harper mercer. again, 26 years old. those law enforcement officials say that this person was not a student at the school where the massacre happened today. that reporting is
southwestern part of the state. it is. has anyone characterized this to you, senator kruse, as a student, someone older, younger, anything? no. like i said, that information law enforcement is doing its job right, they are not going to release that sort of information until they have done all of their fact checking, which i think is appropriate. i certainly agree. my experience there s been a lot of it sadly with this often when authorities shoot and kill a suspect, or take that suspect into custody, look at the driver s license, and then they re able to talk to that person s family to find out, had this person had problems, had this person been running with anyone else who i might want to cause harm, and for that reason and that reason among others they might not release that information. they ll know whether it s appropriate to do that or not. i wonder if you have talked we any of your con con state