Vigil Held Thursday Night For Victims Of Oregon Shooting

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Residents have gathered at a Roseburg, Oregon, park for a vigil for the victims of a deadly mass shooting.

The crowd gathered around 8 p.m. Thursday at Stewart Park in the city about 180 miles south of Portland. Many people held up candles as the hymn "Amazing Grace" was played.

Twenty-six-year-old Chris Harper Mercer opened fire Thursday at Umpqua (UHMP'-kwah) Community College.

He killed nine people before dying during an exchange of gunfire with officers. It wasn't clear if Mercer was killed by authorities or took his own life.