Christopher Harper-Mercer: Difference between revisions

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Harper-Mercer had been placed on scholastic probation at Umpqua Community College for falling below a C average. A letter dated September 1 warned him that he could be suspended if he did not raise his grades. A UCC tuition bill due on October 6 noted that Harper-Mercer owed $2,021.

On the day of the shooting, Harper-Mercer gave a survivor numerous writings showing he had studied mass killings, including the 2014 killing spree at Isla Vista, California perpetrated by [[Elliot Rodger]]. These expressed his sexual frustration as a virgin, animosity toward black men, and a lack of fulfillment in his isolated life. In them, he said "Other people think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm the sane one," and that he would be "welcomed in Hell and embraced by the devil." He also reportedly admired [[Vester Lee Flanagan II]], the perpetrator of the WDBJ shooting, for the fame received, and wrote that: "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." Other mass shooters he reportedly admired included [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], [[Seung-Hui Cho]], and [[Adam Lanza]]

On the day of the shooting, Harper-Mercer gave a survivor numerous writings showing he had studied mass killings, including the 2014 killing spree at Isla Vista, California perpetrated by [[Elliot Rodger]]. These expressed his sexual frustration as a virgin, animosity toward black men, and a lack of fulfillment in his isolated life. In them, he said "Other people think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm the sane one," and that he would be "welcomed in Hell and embraced by the devil." He also reportedly admired [[Vester Lee Flanagan]], the perpetrator of the WDBJ shooting, for the fame received, and wrote that: "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." Other mass shooters he reportedly admired included [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], [[Seung-Hui Cho]], and [[Adam Lanza]]

==The Shooting==

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 Harper-Mercer had been placed on scholastic probation at Umpqua Community College for falling below a C average. A letter dated September 1 warned him that he could be suspended if he did not raise his grades. A UCC tuition bill due on October 6 noted that Harper-Mercer owed $2,021.
-On the day of the shooting, Harper-Mercer gave a survivor numerous writings showing he had studied mass killings, including the 2014 killing spree at Isla Vista, California perpetrated by [[Elliot Rodger]]. These expressed his sexual frustration as a virgin, animosity toward black men, and a lack of fulfillment in his isolated life. In them, he said "Other people think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm the sane one," and that he would be "welcomed in Hell and embraced by the devil." He also reportedly admired [[Vester Lee Flanagan II]], the perpetrator of the WDBJ shooting, for the fame received, and wrote that: "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." Other mass shooters he reportedly admired included [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], [[Seung-Hui Cho]], and [[Adam Lanza]]
+On the day of the shooting, Harper-Mercer gave a survivor numerous writings showing he had studied mass killings, including the 2014 killing spree at Isla Vista, California perpetrated by [[Elliot Rodger]]. These expressed his sexual frustration as a virgin, animosity toward black men, and a lack of fulfillment in his isolated life. In them, he said "Other people think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm the sane one," and that he would be "welcomed in Hell and embraced by the devil." He also reportedly admired [[Vester Lee Flanagan]], the perpetrator of the WDBJ shooting, for the fame received, and wrote that: "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." Other mass shooters he reportedly admired included [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], [[Seung-Hui Cho]], and [[Adam Lanza]]
 ==The Shooting==