Hollywood Reacts to the Oregon School Shooting
As many as ten people are reportedly dead after a gunman opened fire this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
CNN reports another 20 people were wounded in the shooting. According to the Los Angeles Times, the shooter is in custody. The shooting reportedly took place just after 10: 40 am local time in Snyder Hall, the campus cafeteria, and near the school’s entrance. According to users on Reddit, the shooter posted on 4chan.org sharing a warning that he was going to shoot up a school in the midwest. Many of Hollywood's biggest celebrities took to Twitter to comment on the shooting including Jessica Chastain and the Governor of Washington. This is what they had to say:
#UCCShooting leaves us w/ a profound sense of loss. We should work in whatever ways we can to prevent these acts of violence in the future
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) October 1, 2015
Australia had 4 shootings from 1987 to 1996. Parliament then passed stricter gun laws. They havnt had a mass shooting since #UCCShooting — Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) October 1, 2015
Can't wait for the day we look back on this ridiculous part of history and wonder how we were ever that stupid. #UCCShooting #GunControlNow
— Adam Rose (@RealAdamRose) October 1, 2015
While U.S. has 5% of the world's population, it saw 31% of public mass shootings #UCCShooting — Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) October 1, 2015
#UCCShooting Just terrible. And it hurts even more because you know there will be more to come in the near future. pic.twitter.com/hcpeQzrcqN
— Philip DeFranco (@PhillyD) October 1, 2015
Here's audio of the #UCCShooting dispatch. Excruciating. You can hear officer say "we are exchanging shots with him" https://t.co/70NNRRbNXG — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 1, 2015
This is the 45th school shooting in 2015. 45th SCHOOL SHOOTING! That's beyond unacceptable. #UCCShooting pic.twitter.com/9CAwehl8TH
— Clare Kramer (@ClareKramer) October 1, 2015
Another school shooting...this is awful. Why can't we fix this?!! Prayers to all involved! Ugh so sad !! #UCCShooting — maria menounos (@mariamenounos) October 1, 2015
