World & Nation
Oct. 2, 2015
California
Neighbors at a sprawling apartment complex in Torrance said they thought it was odd when a few years ago they saw Chris Harper Mercer and his mother carrying black cases that the neighbors suspected held firearms.
Oct. 1, 2015
In the real world, Chris Harper-Mercer cut the figure of a quiet young man who kept people at bay with his earbuds and struggled to speak when neighbors asked him how he was doing.
The latest on a deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon (all times local): 7:30 p.m.
The Army records of the shooter at Umpqua Community College and one of his victims couldn’t be more different.
Randy Scroggins sat down on his porch as dusk fell Saturday, his eyes red with emotion and exhaustion.
Oct. 4, 2015
The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his community college English class, killing nine people, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.
Laurel Harper remembered her 26-year-old son as perpetually mad at the world.
Sept. 23, 2017
Reina Webb talks about her encounters with Umpqua Community College shooter Chris Harper Mercer at the sprawling apartment complex in Torrance he lived in several years ago.