Father of Oregon Shooting Victim Says Gunman Singled Out Christians

By Published on October 2, 2015

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The gunman who opened fire at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College singled out Christians, according to the father of a wounded student.

Before going into spinal surgery, Anastasia Boylan told her father and brother the gunman entered her classroom firing.

“I’ve been waiting to do this for years,” the gunman told the professor and then shot him point blank, Boylan recounted.

Others were hit, too, she told her family.

Everyone in the classroom dropped to the ground.

The gunman, while reloading his handgun, ordered the students to stand up and asked if 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,'” Boylan’s father, Stacy, told CNN, relaying her account.

“And then he shot and killed them.”

Boylan, 18, was hit in the back by a bullet that traveled down her spine. She is expected to survive.

The gunman

The masacre on the Umpqua campus Thursday left 10 people dead and seven wounded. The gunman also died, although it’s unclear whether he was shot by police or committed suicide.

Multiple law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation identified the gunman as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer.

One law enforcement official said the shooter had body armor with him and was heavily armed, with a large amount of ammunition — enough for a prolonged gunfight. Authorities recovered three pistols and one rifle at the scene, one official said.

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