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|image = [[File:CHM.jpg|thumb]] | |||
|fullname = Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer | |||
Umpqua Community | |alias = The Umpqua Community College Shooter | ||
|origin = Torrance, California, United States | |||
{{Quote|For all those who never took me seriously, this is for you. For all those who haven't made their stand, I do this. I am the martyr for all those like me. To quote Seung Cho, 'Today I die like Jesus Christ.' My success in Hell is assured.|Harper-Mercer talks about the shooting in his manifesto.}} | |occupation = College student (formerly) | ||
|type of villain = School Shooter | |||
|goals = Unknown | |||
|crimes = Mass [[murder]] | |||
|hobby = Going to shooting ranges}}{{Quote|For all those who never took me seriously, this is for you. For all those who haven't made their stand, I do this. I am the martyr for all those like me. To quote Seung Cho, 'Today I die like Jesus Christ.' My success in Hell is assured.|Harper-Mercer talks about the shooting in his manifesto.}} | |||
'''Christopher Harper- Mercer''' (July 26<sup>th</sup>, 1989 - October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2015) was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpqua_Community_College_shooting Umpqua Community State College] [[School Shooting|school shooting]]. He shot and killed nine people, before killing himself. The shooting is the deadliest in the history of the state of Oregon. | '''Christopher Harper- Mercer''' (July 26<sup>th</sup>, 1989 - October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2015) was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umpqua_Community_College_shooting Umpqua Community State College] [[School Shooting|school shooting]]. He shot and killed nine people, before killing himself. The shooting is the deadliest in the history of the state of Oregon. | ||
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Harper-Mercer joined the U.S. Army in 2008, but was discharged after five weeks for his failure to meet the "minimum administrative standards" of basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Officials linked to the investigation said that he was discharged as the result of a suicide attempt, but Army officials did not comment on this. In 2009, he graduated from Switzer Learning Center, a school for teenagers with learning disabilities or emotional issues. Laurel Harper was reportedly protective of him and tried to shield him from various perceived annoyances, some of them minor, in their neighborhood in Torrance, California. From early 2010 to early 2012, Harper-Mercer attended El Camino College in Torrance. | Harper-Mercer joined the U.S. Army in 2008, but was discharged after five weeks for his failure to meet the "minimum administrative standards" of basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Officials linked to the investigation said that he was discharged as the result of a suicide attempt, but Army officials did not comment on this. In 2009, he graduated from Switzer Learning Center, a school for teenagers with learning disabilities or emotional issues. Laurel Harper was reportedly protective of him and tried to shield him from various perceived annoyances, some of them minor, in their neighborhood in Torrance, California. From early 2010 to early 2012, Harper-Mercer attended El Camino College in Torrance. | ||
Harper-Mercer maintained several Internet accounts, including one in which he described himself as mixed race. Media reports said he had an e-mail address linked to an account on a BitTorrent website. The last upload on the account, three days before the Umpqua shooting, was a documentary on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. According to the date of the post, he made an announcement post on 4chan's /r9k/ board possessing the message "Some of you guys are alright. Don't go to school tomorrow if you're in the northwest. Happening thread will be posted tomorrow. See you later space robots". According to the Los Angeles Times, unnamed law enforcement sources described him as a "hate-filled" man with | Harper-Mercer maintained several Internet accounts, including one in which he described himself as mixed race. Media reports said he had an e-mail address linked to an account on a BitTorrent website. The last upload on the account, three days before the Umpqua shooting, was a documentary on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. According to the date of the post, he made an announcement post on 4chan's /r9k/ board possessing the message "Some of you guys are alright. Don't go to school tomorrow if you're in the northwest. Happening thread will be posted tomorrow. See you later space robots". According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', unnamed law enforcement sources described him as a "hate-filled" man with anti-religious and [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] leanings, and with long-term mental-health issues. His mother, Laurel Harper, had previously written anonymously in an online forum that both she and her son had Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. | ||
He and his mother moved to Winchester, Oregon in 2013 after she received a job there. His mother said he was initially excited to be able, unlike as in California, to be permitted to "open carry." There were fourteen legally purchased weapons kept in the apartment, and Harper-Mercer's mother wrote online that she always kept full magazines in Glock pistols and an AR-15 rifle inside. The two often spent time together at shooting ranges, but Harper-Mercer was otherwise extremely isolated. | He and his mother moved to Winchester, Oregon in 2013 after she received a job there. His mother said he was initially excited to be able, unlike as in California, to be permitted to "open carry." There were fourteen legally purchased weapons kept in the apartment, and Harper-Mercer's mother wrote online that she always kept full magazines in Glock pistols and an AR-15 rifle inside. The two often spent time together at shooting ranges, but Harper-Mercer was otherwise extremely isolated. | ||
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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. | 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 | 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 [[Satan]]." 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== | ==The Shooting== | ||
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===Motive=== | ===Motive=== | ||
Harper-Mercer's motive for the shooting is unclear. According to the ADL, "The issue most often raised about the shootings is whether they constitute an anti-Christian or anti-religious [[hate crime]]." By some accounts, the shooter asked his victims about their religion before killing them, but others point out that his rage was not limited to religious matters and stress his mental health history. The report that the shooter asked victims about their religion before killing them comes from a survivor, as well as family members of the victims, but no online evidence of anti-Christian rhetoric was found. | Harper-Mercer's motive for the shooting is unclear. According to the ADL, "The issue most often raised about the shootings is whether they constitute an anti-Christian or anti-religious [[hate crime]]." By some accounts, the shooter asked his victims about their religion before killing them, but others point out that his rage was not limited to religious matters and stress his mental health history. The report that the shooter asked victims about their religion before killing them comes from a survivor, as well as family members of the victims, but no online evidence of anti-Christian rhetoric was found. | ||
== Victims: == | == Victims: == | ||
'''Lucero Alcaraz, 19''' | |||
'''Treven Taylor Anspach, 20''' | '''Treven Taylor Anspach, 20''' | ||
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'''Sarena Dawn Moore, 44''' | '''Sarena Dawn Moore, 44''' | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:School Shooters]] | [[Category:School Shooters]] | ||
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[[Category:Copycats]] | [[Category:Copycats]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-Christian]] | [[Category:Anti-Christian]] | ||
[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | |||
[[Category:From Nobody to Nightmare]] | |||