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Up to 13 Dead, Over 20 Hurt in US Shootings: Obama Blasts Congress

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Up to 10 people were reported killed and over 20 wounded on Thursday as a shooting erupted in a community college in the US state of Oregon, as local officials said the gunman had been detained.

Authorities said the shooting took place in one of the classrooms in the science building at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and that a suspect was in custody.

Between seven and 10 people were killed and at least 20 wounded, local news network KATU quoted Oregon State Police Lieutenant Bill Fugate as saying.

CNN, citing local officials, said at least 20 people were critically injured, including one woman who was shot in the chest.

The college was immediately placed on lockdown as firefighters, police and concerned parents rushed to the site.
Douglas County fire Marshall Ray Shoufler said firefighters had evacuated 11 wounded people from the college but two had died.

He said when firefighters arrived at the scene, police has the shooter in custody.
News reports said the shooter may have posted a message online before the shooting.

Authorities set up a triage center at the college and searched students as they left the facility.
Located in a rural area, the school has some 3,300 students.

In response, US President Barack Obama repeated his call for the gun laws to be changed after a 20-year-old man gunned down several people in the state of Oregon.

Following the mass shooting, Obama expressed his anger and sadness over the deadly incident and made another impassioned plea for gun control legislation.
He blasted Congress for refusing to change the country's gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings across the United States.

"Somehow this has become routine," Obama said at the White House in reaction to the shooting.

"We can actually do something about it, but we're going to have to change our laws," said the US president. "It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun."

Obama again voiced his frustration at the failure of the Republican-dominated Congress to approve new gun control measures.

"To allow this to happen every few months in America, we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction," he said.

"Prayers are not enough," he said. "This is a political choice we make."

"This is not something I can do myself. I have to have a Congress and state legislatures and governors who are willing to work with me on this," Obama stated.

In a similar incident, at least three people were killed in a shooting outside of town hall in Inglis in the US state of Florida, reports say.

Witnesses told local TV stations on Thursday evening that there were multiple victims.

The Levy County Sheriff's office, however, confirmed that at least three people were killed along with the gunman, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and one person was seriously injured.

School shootings are a disturbing reality of American life and many facilities have reinforced security in recent years, especially in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012.

Twenty students and six adults were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team