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02nd Oct 2015

Barack Obama Speaks Out Following Mass Shooting at College in the US

A gunman opened fire at at the Umpqua Community College

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Barack Obama has spoken out about gun control following a mass shooting at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.

The President of the United States said that such incidents and the response to such incidents have become “routine.”


Video: YouTube/Bloomberg Business.

On Thursday morning a 26-year-old man reportedly opened fire at the campus, killing nine and wounding at least seven others.

According to Sky News he asked students to stand up and state their religion before shooting. He was later killed in an exchange of gunfire with the police.