"The main thing that I'm going to do is, I'm going to talk about this," Obama said, reiterating his vow to "politicize" the issue. Obama said that gun control proponents must be as organized and aggressive as those on the other side of the issue. "Unless we change that political dynamic, we're not going to be able to make a big dent in this problem," Obama said. 

 Roseburg, Oregon (CNN) The man who gunned down nine people at an Oregon community college was enrolled in the class where the fatal shootings occurred, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Friday. 
 
 At an earlier news conference, Hanlin identified the nine dead, who range in age from 18 to 67: 
 
 -- Lucero Alcaraz, 19 
 
 -- Treven Taylor Anspach, 20 
 
 -- Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18 
 
 -- Quinn Glen Cooper, 18 
 
 -- Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59 
 
 -- Lucas Eibel, 18 
 
 -- Jason Dale Johnson, 34 
 
 -- Lawrence Levine, 67 (teacher) 
 
 -- Sarena Dawn Moore, 44 
 
 Hanlin was asked whether the shooter was a student at Umpqua Community College. He didn't have the information at the time, but later updated a web page with confirmation Chris Harper-Mercer was enrolled there. 
 
 Rita Cavin, interim president of the school, told CNN that Harper-Mercer, 26, was enrolled in English and theater classes. The gunman initially opened fire in an English class, she said. 
 
 13 firearms found 
 
 Investigators found 13 firearms connected to shooter, Celinez Nunez of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said. 
 
 Five pistols and one rifle were found at the college, where the shooter died Thursday after a gunbattle with police, Nunez told reporters. 
 
 Police searched his apartment and found two pistols, four rifles and a shotgun, she said. 
 
 All the guns were legally obtained by the shooter or family members over the last three years through a federally licensed firearms dealer, she said. A flak jacket was found next to a rifle at the school with five magazines of ammunition, Nunez said, and additional ammunition was found at the residence. 
 
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 Authorities are not providing a motive for America's latest mass killing, which left nine people wounded. The gunman went to the college in rural south Oregon heavily armed and wearing body armor, authorities said. 
 
 Two of the people killed were members of the local EMS and fire department "family," Douglas County Fire District No. 2 Chief Greg Marlar said. 
 
 Sen. Jeff Merkley said one of his cousins was killed at the school. "This is a small town and everyone is affected," he said. 
 
 Stacy Boylan, the father of Anastasia Boylan, who was wounded, said she told him the gunman singled out Christians. 
 
 She said the gunman entered her classroom firing, told the professor teaching the class, "I've been waiting to do this for years," and shot him point blank, Stacy Boylan said. 
 
 While reloading his handgun, the man ordered the students to stand up and asked whether they were Christians, Boylan told her family. 
 
 "And they would stand up, and he said, 'Good, because you're a Christian, you're going to see God in just about one second,' " Stacy Boylan told CNN, relaying his daughter's account. "And then he shot and killed them." 
 
 Anastasia Boylan 18yo, shot in #OregonShooting. She says gunman reloaded, asking students to stand b4 shooting them. pic.twitter.com/QGOOgTzszm — Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) October 2, 2015 
 
 Anastasia Boylan, 18, was hit in the back by a bullet that traveled down her spine. While she lay bleeding on the floor, the gunman called out to her, "Hey you, blond woman," her mother said. She played dead -- and survived. 
 
 Another intriguing element in the investigation: The shooter is reported to have delivered "a box" to someone during the shooting. 
 
 Stacy Boylan said his daughter told him the man "gave somebody a box, somebody who lived, and said, 'You gotta deliver this.' Somebody has a box. I don't know what that's about." 
 
 Law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told CNN that the gunman handed his writings to a survivor, telling that person to give it to police, but the sources could not confirm the writings were inside the box. 
 
 Investigators said the writing portrayed the shooter as a student of past mass shootings. The gunman identified with the perpetrators of those rampages, the sources said, including Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014. The Oregon shooter expressed frustration that other mass killers did not take on police and vowed he would kill police along with others, law enforcement officials said. 
 
 The gunman 
 
 Speaking on CNN's "New Day," Sheriff Hanlin said he had not heard anything about the gunman asking victims about their religion. 
 
 Hanlin reiterated that he will not officially speak the name of gunman. 
 
 "I don't want to glorify the shooter, I don't want to glorify his name, I don't want to glorify his cause," Hanlin said 
 
 The motive 
 
 "He was a little odd, like sensitive to things," said Rebecca Miles, who took a theater class with Harper-Mercer. 
 
 Investigators talked to the gunman's family and neighbors to try to piece together the puzzle. 
 
 "Obviously it's been a devastating day," Harper-Mercer's father, Ian, told reporters outside his house in Tarzana, California. "Devastating for me and my family." 
 
 The shooter served in the Army from 2008 from November 5 to December 11 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, but was "discharged for failing to meet the minimum administrative standards," the Pentagon said in a news release. A military official said Harper-Mercer never made it out of basic training. 
 
 He attended El Camino College in Torrance, California, from 2010 to 2012, according to a college spokesman. 
 
 Steven Fisher, who lived near Harper-Mercer, described him as "skittish." 
 
 "His demeanor, the way he moved, always looking around," Fisher said. "I got a bad vibe from him." 
 
 Crime scene tape at apartment complex near Roseburg. #FBI & sheriff deputies here searching apartment #UCCshooting pic.twitter.com/mApMP16UIh — Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) October 2, 2015 
 
 The blog posts 
 
 One avenue that investigators were pursuing are blog posts by someone with an email address associated with Harper-Mercer. 
 
 The writings include ramblings about his racial animus toward black people and general feelings of anger about being isolated and unable to make relationships, law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told CNN. 
 
 Two officials said that after the shooting, the gunman's family told investigators that he suffered from mental health issues and had sought treatment. 
 
 The writings also reflect an apparent fascination with the Irish Republican Army, one law enforcement official said. A MySpace page believed to belong to the gunman, which included photos of him, included photos of IRA posters. 
 
 But investigators so far have found no indication he was linked with any organized groups. 
 
 The posts were left under the user name "lithium_love." Two of them were specifically about recent shootings: one about Vester Flanagan , who killed two local news reporters in Virginia, and one about the officer slain near Houston in August. 
 
 Speaking of Flanagan on August 31, the blog post reads: "I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are. A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day. Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight." 
 
 The injured 
 
 Initially, 10 wounded people were taken to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, but one died in an emergency room, hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Nickel said Friday. 
 
 All those people had gunshot wounds to the head, abdomen and limbs, Dr. Jason Gray, the hospital's chief medical officer, said Friday morning at a news conference. 
 
 Three people with gunshot wounds to the head were transferred to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, he said. One of those patients is in critical condition and two are in serious condition, Nickel said. CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta said those three patients were women between the ages of 18 and 34. 
 
 Four patients underwent surgery at Mercy Medical, Gray said. One is in critical condition and two are in fair to good condition, he said. One surgery patient was discharged, he said. 
 
 On Thursday, two wounded people were treated in the emergency room and released, he said. 
 
 'Pretty much in panic mode' 
 
 The shooting appears to have started in one building, before the gunman moved to another building. It's unclear whether the gunman was shot by police or committed suicide. 
 
 Student Cassandra Welding said that when the shots rang out, the students in her class dropped to the ground -- huddling behind backpacks and chairs, or underneath tables. 
 
 "We locked the doors, turned off the lights, and we were all pretty much in panic mode," she said. 
 
 "We called 911 and called our parents, our loved ones. ... We didn't know what was going to happen, if those were our last words or not." 
 
 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Community members attend a candlelight vigil at Stewart Park for those killed during a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday, October 1. The massacre left nine people dead and nine wounded. The gunman also died. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college In response to the shooting on October 1, President Barack Obama delivers the 15th statement of his presidency addressing gun violence. "Somehow this has become routine," he said. "The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it. We've become numb to this." Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Students and faculty are reunited with friends and family at the county fairgrounds on October 1. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college People wait for information at the fairgrounds on October 1. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Hannah Miles, center, is reunited with her sister Hailey and father, Gary, on October 1. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college A student waits to walk off a school bus at the fairgrounds on October 1. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Friends and family are reunited on October 1. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college A woman is comforted after the deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin announced at a news conference that the shooter was dead. Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Authorities secure the campus after the shooting on October 1. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Students, staff and faculty leave the school on October 1. Hide Caption 10 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college A bullet casing is marked at the scene of the shooting on October 1. Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college People gather at a roadblock near the entrance to the college on October 1. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Authorities respond after reports of the shooting on October 1. Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college Police search students outside the school on October 1. Hide Caption 14 of 15 Photos: Shooting at Oregon community college A patient is wheeled into the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg on October 1. Hide Caption 15 of 15 
 
 Roseburg has about 22,000 residents, and Umpqua isn't a traditional college. The average age of its 13,600 students was 38 during the 2013-2014 school year. 
 
 No more speakers tonight. Chants of "I am UCC" have broken out after this filming. #UCCShooting pic.twitter.com/p3PIfv9L2A — Troy Brynelson (@TroyWB) October 2, 2015 

 ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire in a community college English class, killing nine, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself. 
 
 Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin listens to a reporters question during a news conference Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore., concerning the deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College. Armed... (Associated Press) 
 
 Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin, right, and ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Celinez Nunez, left, hold a press conference Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore., on the deadly shooting at Umpqua... (Associated Press) 
 
 This undated photo from a MySpace page that appeared to belong to Chris Harper Mercer shows him holding a rifle. Authorities identified Mercer as the gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage at Umpqua... (Associated Press) 
 
 A sign honoring those killed in a fatal shooting at Umpqua Community College, is displayed Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore. Armed with multiple guns, Chris Harper Mercer, walked into a class at... (Associated Press) 
 
 Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin speaks at a press conference Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Roseburg, Ore., on the deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College. Armed with multiple guns, Chris Harper Mercer,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Douglas County Deputy Sheriff Greg Kennerly, left, and Oregon State Trooper Tom Willis, stand guard outside the apartment building, Friday Oct. 2 2015, where alleged Umpqua Community College gunman Chris... (Associated Press) 
 
 A day after the rampage in an Oregon timber town, authorities said Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, who died during a shootout with police, wore a flak jacket and brought at least six guns and five ammunition magazines to the school. Investigators found another seven guns at the apartment he shared with his mother. 
 
 The weapons had all been purchased legally over the past three years, some by him, others by relatives, said Celinez Nunez, assistant field agent for the Seattle division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. 
 
 Those who knew the shooter described a deeply troubled loner. 
 
 At a different apartment complex where Harper-Mercer and his mother lived in Southern California, neighbors remembered a quiet and odd young man who rode a red bike everywhere. 
 
 Reina Webb, 19, said the man's mother was friendly and often chatted with neighbors, but Harper-Mercer kept to himself. She said she occasionally heard him having temper tantrums in his apartment. 
 
 "He was kind of like a child so that's why his tantrums would be like kind of weird. He's a grown man. He shouldn't be having a tantrum like a kid. That's why I thought there was something — something was up," she said. 
 
 Harper-Mercer's social media profiles suggested he was fascinated by the Irish Republican Army, frustrated by traditional organized religion and that he tracked other mass shootings. In one post, he appeared to urge readers to watch the online footage of Vester Flanagan shooting two former colleagues live on TV in August in Virginia, noting "the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight." 
 
 He may have even posted a warning. A message on 4chan — a forum where racist and misogynistic comments are frequent — warned of an impending attack, but it's unclear if it came from Harper-Mercer. 
 
 "Some of you guys are alright. Don't go to school tomorrow if you are in the northwest," an anonymous poster wrote a day before the shootings. 
 
 On Thursday morning, he walked into Snyder Hall at Umpqua Community College and began firing, shooting a teacher and students, many repeatedly. Survivors described a classroom of carnage, and one said he ordered students to state their religion before shooting them. 
 
 Students in a classroom next door heard several shots, one right after the other, and their teacher told them to leave. 
 
 "We began to run," student Hannah Miles said. "A lot of my classmates were going every which way. We started to run to the center of campus. And I turned around, and I saw students pouring out of the building." 
 
 An aunt of an Army veteran hit by several bullets said he tried to stop the gunman from entering the classroom. 
 
 Wanda Mintz said her 30-year-old nephew, Chris Mintz, a student at the college, fell to the floor and asked the shooter to stop. But, she said, he shot Mintz again and went inside. 
 
 Portland Fire and Rescue Lt. Rich Chatman, who is serving as a spokesman for the criminal investigation, said investigators were still processing the crime scene. 
 
 "As you can imagine, there is a tremendous amount of information and evidence for them to sort through," he said. "We have a very large team of investigators and forensic teams trying to process all of the information." 
 
 Chatman said several hundred investigators are involved, ranging from federal agencies such as the FBI and ATF to state, county and city law enforcement. 
 
 Several years ago, Harper-Mercer moved to Winchester, Oregon, from Torrance, California, with his mother, a nurse named Laurel Harper. His father, Ian Mercer, originally from the United Kingdom, told reporters outside his Tarzana, California, home, "I'm just as shocked as anybody at what happened." 
 
 At school in Oregon, "he was a typical Roseburg kid, kind of nerdy, kind of out there. Just himself," said Alex Frier, a stage manager at the college who said Harper-Mercer built sets for theater performances last semester. 
 
 A neighbor, Bronte Harte, said Harper-Mercer "seemed really unfriendly" and would "sit by himself in the dark in the balcony with this little light." 
 
 Harte said a woman she believed to be Mercer's mother also lived upstairs and was "crying her eyes out" Thursday. 
 
 The Army said Harper-Mercer flunked out of basic training in 2008. 
 
 Army spokesman Lt. Col. Ben Garrett said Harper-Mercer was in the military for a little over a month at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, but was discharged for failing to meet the minimum standards. 
 
 Garrett did not say which standards Harper-Mercer failed. Generally, the Army requires recruits to pass physical fitness tests and to be in generally good physical and mental health. Recruits must also pass a multiple-choice test covering science, math, reading comprehension and other topics. 
 
 In Washington, President Barack Obama lamented the government's inability to pass stricter gun laws even after attacks like the one in Oregon. 
 
 At a news conference Friday at the White House, Obama said he plans to keep talking about the issue and "will politicize it" because inaction is itself a political decision the U.S. is making. 
 
 He said it's impossible to identify mentally ill people likely to perpetrate mass shootings ahead of time. The only thing the U.S. can do, he explained, is ensure they don't have an arsenal available "when something in them snaps." 
 
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 Mendoza reported from Santa Cruz. Associated Press writers Steven Dubois, Jonathan J. Cooper and Rachel La Corte in Portland; Tami Abdollah and Gosia Wozniacka in Roseburg; Michael R. Blood in Torrance, California; Rebecca Boone in Boise, Idaho; and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report. 
 
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 This story has been corrected to show the ATF agent's name is Celinez Nunez, not Salinas Nunes. 

 Details about Chris Harper-Mercer, the 26-year-old responsible for the Umpqua Community College mass shooting, remain hazy. On Thursday evening, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin refused to even name the shooter, saying he didn't want the man glorified. 
 
 The Oregonian/OregonLive confirmed the gunman's name. By evening, tabloids around the country and overseas painted him as a Nazi paraphernalia devotee and gun fanatic. 
 
 A Myspace page that appears to be linked to the gunman shows a man with a crewcut wearing spectacles and carrying a rifle. The page includes posts of Irish Republican Army propaganda. 
 
 Other apparent social media pages linked to him suggest an outdoors enthusiast and lover of horror movies and goth music. 
 
 Multiple media outlets reported that he appears to have uploaded a video about the Newtown shooting earlier this week. They also linked him to a blog post on Aug. 31, 2015, about a man, Vester Flanagan, who killed two TV news employees in Virginia. The post reads, in part, "On an interesting note, I have noticed that so many people like him are all alone and unknown, yet when they spill a little blood, the whole world knows who they are. A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone. His face splashed across every screen, his name across the lips of every person on the planet, all in the course of one day. Seems the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight." 
 
 He had relocated from busy Los Angeles to tiny Winchester in rural Oregon in 2013, according to public records database. 
 
 Two sheriff's deputies on Thursday evening were at the apartment complex in Winchester that public records link to the gunman. Crime scene tape cordoned off the parking lot. Winchester is a few miles north of Roseburg. 
 
 Harper-Mercer was the son of Ian Bernard Mercer and Laurel Margaret Harper. They lived in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County, and have relatives in the San Fernando Valley. Neither could be reached Thursday. 
 
 Mercer and Harper filed for divorce June 6, 2005. 
 
 Ian Mercer currently lives in Tarzana, California, where he works as a restaurant manager, according to his father, Ian Mercer Sr., reached Thursday evening. 
 
 Harper-Mercer's father could offer no insight about his son's mindset leading up to the attack. "Shocked is all I can say," Ian Mercer told the Los Angeles Times. "It's been a devastating day." 
 
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 ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The latest on a deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon (all times local): 
 
 Kristen Sterner, left, and Carrissa Welding, both students at Umpqua Community College, embrace each other during a candlelight vigil for those killed during a shooting at the college, Thursday, Oct.... (Associated Press) 
 
 Law enforcement officers investigate a home in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. A gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Umpqua Community College before dying in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Rich... (Associated Press) 
 
 Friends and family are reunited with students at the local fairgrounds after a deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang) (Associated Press) 
 
 People hold hands they leave the county fairgrounds in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, following a deadly shooting at nearby Umpqua Community College. Students and faculty were bused to the fairgrounds... (Associated Press) 
 
 An Oregon Emergency Medical Technician, left, speaks with others at the county fairgrounds in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, following a deadly shooting at nearby Umpqua Community College. Students... (Associated Press) 
 
 Meriah Calvert, left, of Roseburg, Ore., and an unidentified woman pray by candles spelling out the initials for Umpqua Community College after a candlelight vigil Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Roseburg,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Authorities carry a shooting victim away from the scene after a gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (Mike Sullivan/Roseburg News-Review via AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 Mourners hold up candles during a candlelight vigil at Stewart Park, in Roseburg, Ore., for those killed during a fatal shooting at nearby Umpqua Community College, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Rich... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police search students outside Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, following a deadly shooting at the college. (Mike Sullivan/Roseburg News-Review via AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 10:45 a.m. 
 
 A federal agency says investigators have recovered six weapons at an Oregon community college and seven at the apartment of the gunman who killed nine people. 
 
 ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Celinez Nunez said at a news conference Friday that all of the weapons were purchased legally, seven of them by the shooter or his family members in the last three years. She says investigators also found a flak jacket next to a rifle at the school, which contained steel plates. 
 
 The shooting Thursday at Umpqua (UHMP'-kwah) Community College also wounded seven people. Officials identified the killer as Chris Harper Mercer. He died after a shootout with police. 
 
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 9:20 a.m. 
 
 A federal agency says the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college had body armor and was armed with three pistols, a rifle and five additional magazines. 
 
 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives provided the information late Thursday in an incident report obtained by The Associated Press. The guns included a 9mm Glock pistol and .40-caliber Smith & Wesson, both traced to the suspect. 
 
 He also had a .40-caliber Taurus pistol traced to someone in Portland and a .556-caliber Del-Ton. 
 
 The shooting Thursday at Umpqua (UHMP'-kwah) Community College also wounded seven. Officials identified the killer as Chris Harper Mercer. He died after a shootout with police. 
 
 He isn't believed to have a criminal history. Investigators believe he may have been a student there because a receipt found at the scene showed he purchased textbooks from the campus bookstore two days before the shooting. 
 
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 7:03 a.m. 
 
 Social media profiles linked to a 26-year-old shooter who killed at least 9 people at a southern Oregon college suggested he was fascinated by the IRA, frustrated by traditional organized religion and tracked other mass shootings. 
 
 There didn't seem to be many recent connections on the social media sites linked to Chris Harper Mercer, with his MySpace page just showing two friends. He appeared to have at least one online dating profile. 
 
 On a torrents streaming site and blog that appeared to belong to Mercer, posts referenced multiple shootings and downloads included several horror films and a documentary on a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. 
 
 A blog post urged readers to watch the online footage of Vester Flanagan shooting two former colleagues on live TV in Virginia, while another lamented materialism as preventing spiritual development. 
 
 A MySpace page that appeared to belong to Mercer included several photos and graphics of the Irish Republican Army as well as a picture of Mercer holding a rifle. 
 
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 6:51 a.m. 
 
 A doctor says one victim of the deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college will likely be released from a hospital Friday. 
 
 Dr. Jason Gray of Mercy Medical Center says the hospital in Roseburg, which is 180 miles south of Portland, received 10 patients Thursday — one died, two were quickly treated and released and three were transferred to a hospital near Eugene for a higher level of care. 
 
 Of the four remaining patients, one was discharged late Thursday, and one was expected to leave Friday. Gray says the other two are expected to survive, but one remains in critical condition. 
 
 The three patients who needed additional care were transferred to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend. The Eugene-area hospital says in a news release that two of them are in critical condition and one is in serious condition. 
 
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 6:02 a.m. 
 
 Authorities investigating a deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college say they have found a number of firearms at the gunman's apartment. 
 
 Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told television stations in Eugene, Oregon, early Friday that investigators were at Umpqua (UHMP'-kwah) Community College and the shooter's nearby apartment throughout the night. He says investigators will release details on the number and types of weapons later Friday. 
 
 Officials identified the gunman as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer and say he opened fire at the college Thursday, killing nine people and wounding seven others before dying during an exchange of gunfire with officers. 
 
 Hanlin also says investigators went door to door in the neighborhoods near the college and the shooter's apartment to try to learn more details.
– The man who killed nine people at an Oregon community college Thursday was enrolled in the class where the shootings occurred, CNN reports. He had body armor, six firearms, and five extra magazines with him during the massacre, the AP reports. Authorities found seven additional firearms inside the shooter's apartment a few miles from Umpqua Community College. All 13 firearms had been purchased legally, and seven of them had been bought by the shooter or his family in the past three years. The 26-year-old shooter was obsessed with guns, enjoyed military history, and left behind an "angry, hate-filled" note, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. Those sources say he was anti-religion, anti-government, and had "white supremacy leanings." The Oregonian notes that tabloids looking into the shooter's online presence have described him as a "Nazi paraphernalia devotee." It's been previously reported the shooter targeted Christians during his rampage, described himself as "conservative, Republican" on a dating site, showed support for the IRA on social media, and had recently uploaded a documentary on the Sandy Hook school shooting to a torrent site. He is not believed to have a criminal history. The AP reports that he flunked out of Army boot camp; he was in basic training for just over a month before he was discharged for failing to meet minimum standards in 2008.