After identifying the shooter, reporters dug deeper to find out whether there was any reason, if any, the shooter cited as motivation for the attack.
Hanlin was asked whether the shooter was a student at Umpqua Community College. He didn't have the information at the time, but later updated a web page with confirmation Chris Harper-Mercer was enrolled there.
Rita Cavin, interim president of the school, told CNN that Harper-Mercer, 26, was enrolled in English and theater classes. The gunman initially opened fire in an English class, she said.
-Sarah Sidner, Kyung Lah, Steve Almasy and Ralph Ellis
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