the number of shootings, as you and i and brian williams were talking with a number of shootings that have taken place on campuses since sandy hook, 137 shootings on school campuses. 45 school shootings this year. and in this small community of roseburg, oregon, a similar, although not as many victims, took place nine years ago at a high school when one student shot another. that was one victim. here we have casualties and the double digits. we hear of these numbers all across the country. so it s, you know, this is our own epidemic. we re in flu season. this is a flu that we deal with of violence where people, some reason, this 20-year-old man we ll find out, we re going to to see through social media, through his friends, his family he had issues, he heard voices, he had problems with his friends. there s going to be something.
with them, as we move forward. these i would like to remain the media that these scenes are dynamic and change. our number within priority is making sure all victims are safe. additional information may take some time for us to make sure that we can get that information accurately to you. but our number one priority right now is making sure that we take care of victims, families and the community of roseburg. i would like to thank the first responders that responded today in a timely manner and thank you. i m sorry, we re not able to take any more questions today. there s a command center in roseburg and hopefully we ll be able to talk with you there. thanks. all right. we were listening to the governor of the state of the oregon, governor kate brown, giving us the latest information about this terrible shooting in oregon, confirming what we ve been reporting here on msnbc, that 13 were killed, that there are a number of injured, that
it s just one of the many images coming into tus. different venue, looked like it might be in a firehouse. the brifibriefing which we vd to believe will be the governor. slightly different numbers coming in. people have been handing us paper. different number of patients. trying to get a full count of how many patients at various hospitals. the main hospital is mercy medical in town and roseburg. nine patients, admitted four more en route. it doesn t make sense, we thought the scene has been cleared and everyone already at
the district attorney here and we have activated the major crimes team and so along with the major crimes team and the other agencies that i mentioned, we will be conducting a thorough and i m sure a lengthy investigation into why and how many and all of the answers that we can possibly determine. can you tell us, are those helicopters taking people to the hospital or no. i believe they re press helicopters. i don t know. one more time with the type of weaponen? are you saying a rifle or handgun or anything like that? i don t know. was it in the science building, majority of it? i don t know that. sheriff, there s a national spotlight on roseburg. people who may not be familiar with the community, can you just talk a little bit roseburg so people nationwide can understand what kind of place this is?
injuries. our top priority now is the medical treatment for victims and the security of the campus. we have confirmation that the shooter is deceased. he s a 20-year-old male. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we are holding the community of douglas county in our hearts today. the work that first responders have done is heroing. to our first responders, thank you for your work as this community reels from grief. i m leaving now head to roseburg to be with the community there oregon state superintendent rich evans is here to make additional remarks. please take care. the first 911 calls came in in the roseburg area at 10:38 this morning.