VIDEO: Oregon gunman was army dropout who studied mass shooters

The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his college English class, killing nine people, was an army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.

VIDEO: Oregon gunman was army dropout who studied mass shooters

The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his college English class, killing nine people, was an army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.

A day after the rampage in Oregon timber town of Roseburg, the authorities said Chris Harper-Mercer wore a flak jacket and brought at least six guns and five ammunition magazines to Umpqua Community College.

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