media will get the name confirmed in time. you will never hear me mention his name. just before 11:00 a.m. local time police dispatchers received the first 911 calls from the school. the gunman opening fire near one of the classrooms in the science area. with us this morning we have former governor of vermont and howard dean, writer for the national review. charles c.w. cook and in manchester, new hampshire manager editor of bloomberg politics. first let s go to thomas roberts live in roseburg, oregon. thomas, what else have we learned about the accused gunman? reporter: good morning. he is known as 26-year-old chris harper merser. someone who lived in the area not a student. we are at the base of the college. they ve closed it off. there s only one access point to get in and out. we re at the base of that.
shocked. we know that chris harper merser was on the campus. we are working to find out the details of what happened on the gun fire captured. i wanted to show you guys the newspaper from the local news reviews. this is the newspaper that came out earlier that demonstrated what they believed dead. we re now reporting on the 10 that lost their lives. this paper was still lying around the hotel wednesday that sheriff hamlin filed for his third terms. he made the headlines for wednesday sitting next to this paper. he s been part of the department here since 1989 when he joined and he has a 26-year career here that s now been offended by this 26-year-old man. thomas roberts, thank you so