The gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College campus in
Roseburg, before he was shot dead by police, state and county officials
said.
The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer.
He was not publicly identified by local authorities as Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin vowed never to utter his name.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin confirmed 10 people had died in the mass shooting, revising down an earlier toll of 13 dead and 20 injured given by the state's attorney-general.Authorities said the shooting took place in one of the classrooms in the science building
Mercy Medical Centre in Roseburg, a city of about 20,000 people 418 kilometres south of Portland, said on Facebook that the hospital had received nine patients from the shooting and had been advised that three more were en route.
The Portland Oregonian newspaper reported that officers responded around 10:40am (local time) to reports of a shooting at the college.
The college was immediately placed on lockdown as firefighters, police and concerned parents rushed to the site
US president Barack Obama has made an impassioned plea for tougher gun control laws after another "routine" shooting at an Oregon community college that has left 10 people dead and 7 injured.
Community members gather for a vigil for those killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday Oct. 1, 2015
The shooter was identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer.
He was not publicly identified by local authorities as Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin vowed never to utter his name.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin confirmed 10 people had died in the mass shooting, revising down an earlier toll of 13 dead and 20 injured given by the state's attorney-general.Authorities said the shooting took place in one of the classrooms in the science building
Mercy Medical Centre in Roseburg, a city of about 20,000 people 418 kilometres south of Portland, said on Facebook that the hospital had received nine patients from the shooting and had been advised that three more were en route.
The Portland Oregonian newspaper reported that officers responded around 10:40am (local time) to reports of a shooting at the college.
The college was immediately placed on lockdown as firefighters, police and concerned parents rushed to the site
US president Barack Obama has made an impassioned plea for tougher gun control laws after another "routine" shooting at an Oregon community college that has left 10 people dead and 7 injured.
Community members gather for a vigil for those killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday Oct. 1, 2015
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