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Chris Harper Mercer, Oregon Gunman, Is Recalled as a Recluse Close to His Mother
NY Times ^ | Oct. . 2, 2015

Posted on 10/02/2015 3:30:59 AM PDT by nuconvert

Chris Harper Mercer, the man identified as the gunman in the deadly rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, was a withdrawn young man who neighbors said wore the same outfit every day — combat boots, green Army pants and a white T-shirt — and was close to his mother, who fiercely protected him.

Neighbors in Winchester, Ore., and Torrance, Calif., where Mr. Mercer, 26, lived with his mother, Laurel Harper, remember a reclusive and seemingly fragile young man with a shaved head and dark glasses who seemed to recoil from social interaction.

“He always seemed anxious,” said Rosario Lucumi, 51, who rode the same bus in Torrance as Mr. Mercer when she went to work.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chrisharpermercer; oregon; oregonshooting; umpqua
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To: Stand Watch Listen

The MSM and the authorities want to deflect any attention on the shooter for a reason. His bio doesn’t fit the narrative they are trying to create.


21 posted on 10/02/2015 4:47:27 AM PDT by kabar
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To: nuconvert

Another mentally ill killer.


22 posted on 10/02/2015 4:49:02 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: silverleaf

Sounds very similar


23 posted on 10/02/2015 4:49:03 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert
‘My son is dealing with some mental issues, and the roaches are really irritating him,’...

Maybe the roaches told him to do it...

24 posted on 10/02/2015 4:52:34 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

Supposedly, Oregon law includes mental health in the background check to buy a gun. They either failed in their check or he got the guns outside the law.


25 posted on 10/02/2015 4:53:43 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Lanza’s mom got him his. Could be the same here. Notice how quiet the Feds are on this, and they already know where the guns came from.


26 posted on 10/02/2015 5:01:46 AM PDT by wrench
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To: nuconvert

“Wonder at what age he started there and how long he went?”.........

Really makes no difference what his age was, the simple truth is he didn’t attend long enough. Problem is there are many more like him running the streets.


27 posted on 10/02/2015 5:01:57 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: nuconvert
...a reclusive and seemingly fragile young man with a shaved head and dark glasses who seemed to recoil from social interaction.

That sounds a little like a description of Adama Lanza from Sandy Hook, CT.

28 posted on 10/02/2015 5:02:25 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: nuconvert

Any bets on a psychotropic drug being involved?


29 posted on 10/02/2015 5:10:29 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: olepap

I immediately thought false flag also.


30 posted on 10/02/2015 5:22:24 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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To: nuconvert

His mother is a black nurse. Father is a white guy from England who never married the mother. Murderer had an on line identity calling himself “Lithium_Love”.


31 posted on 10/02/2015 5:29:37 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: nuconvert

I agree. None of the information in the MySpace profile or “dating site” can be taken at face value as I think, at best, the sites were heavily compromised, if not outright made up. BUT, where’d the pictures of him come from???


32 posted on 10/02/2015 5:32:23 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: nuconvert

CNN is on the Obama comments for gun control. Host even said “if not now, when?” in interview with local politician.

Local politician [and area officials/LEO’s] response, ‘Now it not the time to be pushing this political agenda.’

Another CNN host, “How could this happen again?” They are going to discuss the politics after the break.

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Media are despicable!

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The name initially circulated on the Internet yesterday was wrong. That person had no apparent involvement.

Officials did not release the name of the perp until late yesterday evening.


33 posted on 10/02/2015 5:49:40 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: nuconvert

More Americans killed by a welfare recipient? How many EBT cards did he have? More Americans are killed by welfare recipients and illegal aliens than by ISIS.


34 posted on 10/02/2015 5:53:01 AM PDT by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: nuconvert

He’s being called bi-racial; do you think if he had done something good he’d be called bi-racial, or black?

Hint: George Zimmerman is a “white hispanic”.

Divide and conquer?


35 posted on 10/02/2015 6:02:25 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (1984 Now)
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To: nuconvert
I glanced at the NY Times website and neither the fact that the shooter asked victims if they were Christian before killing them, or the fact that he was Black were featured.

These facts were both reported on Page One of the New York Post, so I'm concluding that they don't help the Obama administration's meme one bit.

http://nypost.com/

36 posted on 10/02/2015 6:02:42 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: nuconvert

Norman Bates with an arsenal. Swell.


37 posted on 10/02/2015 6:08:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: nuconvert

Bet he was a screaming homosexual Fascist Muslim


38 posted on 10/02/2015 6:14:52 AM PDT by stockpirate (The Republican leadership are all fascist/Socialists, just like the fascist democrats.)
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To: nuconvert

Ann Coulter is on WMAL right now, and she was talking about this NY Times article. I have not read the article, but she says they talk a LOT about the mother without mentioning the fact that she is black and “apparently” AN IMMIGRANT.


39 posted on 10/02/2015 6:27:16 AM PDT by Don Hernando de Las Casas
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To: AppyPappy

Just another loser Millennial still living with his mommy.


40 posted on 10/02/2015 6:27:30 AM PDT by hey Bean
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