15 dead, 20 wounded in shooting at Oregon community college

At least 15 people were killed and another 20 wounded at a shooting on Thursday at an Oregon community college, media reported. CNN said the shooter had been detained.

A spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's department confirmed to Reuters that there was a shooting at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg. The spokeswoman had no further details.

"Active shooter scene is code 4. Multiple casualties all pt's transported," the Douglas County Fire Department said in a tweet. The Portland Oregonian newspaper reported that officers responded at around 10:40 am to reports of a shooting at the college. Roseburg is a city of about 20,000 people, some 260 miles (418 km) south of Portland. 

This is another one in a series of shootings on US campuses. A university in the southern state of Mississippi was on lock down in September after at least one person was killed in a shooting incident. The university had sent out an alert urging students to "stay inside and away from windows" after an "active shooter" was spotted on campus.

The man suspected of gunning down a college professor in his campus office died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a day-long manhunt.

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