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Ten reported dead at Oregon community college

Police are said to have been dispatched to the area

Thursday 01 October 2015 19:30 BST
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Ten people are said to be dead and more than 20 injured after a shooting incident at a college in Oregon.

Reports said the incident happened at Umpqua Community College in Roseberg, Oregon, according to The News-Review Today, a local publication.

More than 20 people are injured, the New York Daily News reported. The college was on look-down.

The shooter was reported as "down," with no further details immediately available, said Douglass County commissioner Chris Boice.

One female was shot in the chest on the Roseburn campus.

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