Oregon Killer’s Mother Wrote of Troubled Son and Gun Rights - The New York Times

Oregon Killer’s Mother Wrote of Troubled Son and Gun Rights - The New York Times: When a downstairs neighbor of Laurel Harper learned there was a gunman on the loose at Umpqua Community College here, he ran up to tell her, knowing that her son, Christopher Harper-Mercer, was a student there. Like other parents, Ms. Harper started to set out in a desperate search, fearing her son could be hurt.

“She was very upset,” said the neighbor, who asked not to be named, citing his family’s privacy.

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