CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has ordered all flags at all state facilities lowered in honor of the victims of a community college shooting in Roseburg, Oregon. On Saturday, Tomblin ordered the lowering of U.S. and state flags until sunset on Tuesday. A gunman fatally shot eight students and a teacher on Thursday at Umpqua Community College before committing suicide as police arrived.Tomblin called it a "senseless act of violence" and says the loss of the victims "touches us all."
West Virginia Flags Lowered To Honor Oregon Shooting Victims
The Charleston Gazette
Sat, 10/03/2015 - 1:44pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: West Virginia Kanawha County Charleston
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