# \[My friend was killed in the\] Oregon community college shooting \[edited title\]

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**Created:** [October 1, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-was-killed-in-the-oregon-community-college-shooting-edited-title/733166 "2015-10-01T18:19:10Z")
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### Author: ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-was-killed-in-the-oregon-community-college-shooting-edited-title/733166/160 "2015-10-02T21:02:25Z")

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One of the heroes that tried to stop the attack. He tried blocking the classroom door and took three bullets. He was shot two more times after the shooter got in the classroom.

> **[Army vet shot at least five times trying to stop Oregon shooter; hero dad to...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/10/02/army-vet-shot-at-least-five-times-trying-to-stop-oregon-shooter-hero-dad-to-survive-shooting-on-day-of-sons-birthday-family/)**
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> An Army veteran who took five bullets trying to stop the massacre in Oregon looked up at the shooter and said, “It’s my son’s birthday today,” his family said Friday. Hero d…

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> An Army veteran who took five bullets trying to stop the massacre in Oregon looked up at the shooter and said, “It’s my son’s birthday today,” his family said Friday.
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> Hero dad Chris Mintz is expected to survive the Thursday morning shooting, relatives in the North Carolina town where he grew up told WGHP-TV.
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> In an interview with ABC News, Mintz said his concerns were for everyone else touched by the tragedy.

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