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In the day following the shooting, [[Clackamas County Sheriff's Office]] identified the shooter as 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts (born March 16, 1990), who lived in the [[Lents, Portland, Oregon|Lents]] neighborhood in southeast Portland.<ref name="cnn1212"/> |
In the day following the shooting, [[Clackamas County Sheriff's Office]] identified the shooter as 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts (born March 16, 1990), who lived in the [[Lents, Portland, Oregon|Lents]] neighborhood in southeast Portland.<ref name="cnn1212"/> Roberts was raised by his aunt Tami Roberts; his biological mother, Teresa Anne Roberts, died from cancer in February 1993, shortly before his third birthday. Court records and family indicated that the identity of his father is unknown. He had been estranged from his aunt Tami Roberts since the time he was 18 years of age, though the aunt declined to comment on the reason, saying only that it was unrelated to an $18,000 inheritance from Roberts's grandmother that court documents allegedly show Tami Roberts misappropriated.<ref name=Dubois>{{cite web|last=Dubois|first=Steven|title=Jacob Tyler Roberts' Injury Dashed Oregon Mall Shooter's Hopes Of Being Marine|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/jacob-tyler-roberts-broken-foot-marines_n_2299611.html|work=Huffington Post Crime|publisher=Huffington Post|coauthors=Rachel La Corte|date=14 December 2012}}</ref> He attended [[Milwaukie High School]] in [[Milwaukie, Oregon]] for the first three years and later transferred during his senior year to [[Oregon City High School]] in [[Oregon City, Oregon]], graduating in 2008. He attended [[Clackamas Community College]] in 2009. Two years prior to the shooting, Roberts worked at a [[gyro (food)|gyro]] restaurant in downtown Portland,<ref name="Bella"/><ref name="portlandtribuneanderson">{{cite news|date=December 12, 2012|last=Anderson|first=Jennifer|title=Shooter: 'I'm the kind of person who's going to do what I want'|newspaper=[[Portland Tribune]]|url= http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/124731-shooter--im-the-kind-of-person-whos-going-to-do-what-i-want}}</ref> where he was well-liked by his employer.<ref name=Dubois /> Roberts lived with a few roommates in a house ten minutes away from the shopping center. He had plans of joining the [[United States Marine Corps]], but he abandoned these dreams after a bicycle accident that broke his foot. Prior to the shooting, he had broken up with his girlfriend, sold his belongings, resigned from his job, and alleged that he was planning to move to [[Hawaii]].<ref name="Clackamas Town Center shooting: 22 minutes of chaos and terror as a gunman meanders through the mall"/> |
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| Clackamas Town Center shooting | |
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 Memorial to victims of shooting at mall entrance | |
| Location | 12000 SE 82nd Avenue Clackamas, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 45°26′10″N 122°34′26″W / 45.436°N 122.574°W |
| Date | December 11, 2012 c. 3:25 p.m.-c. 3:47 pm (PST) |
Attack type | Shooting, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | Bushmaster XM15 |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Defender | Nick Meli (private citizen, concealed carry permit holder, armed with Glock 22)[1][2] |
On December 11, 2012, a shooting occurred at the Clackamas Town Center in unincorporated Clackamas County, outside the City of Portland Oregon, United States. The gunman, 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts, ran into the shopping center wearing tactical clothing and a hockey mask and opened fire on shoppers and employees with a stolen Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine firing 16 shots, killing two people and seriously wounding a third person before committing suicide. Roberts had no connection to any of his victims, and it was believed to be a random act of violence.[3][4]
Details
Prior to the shooting
Prior to the shooting, Roberts is stated to have stolen an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle from an acquaintance of his. He arrived at the Clackamas Town Center by car, parking it at the south side of the mall between a Macy's and a Chipotle store. He ran into the mall through a department store at around 3:25 pm, wearing a white hockey mask and a load-bearing vest and armed with the AR-15; he was also carrying several loaded magazines. Between 8,000 and 10,000 people were inside the mall at the time. People who first saw him run into the mall believed the tactical clothing and hockey mask was a paintball outfit and that the rifle was a toy.[5]
The shooting
Standing in a large atrium, Roberts first opened fire at the mall's food court that was across from him at his left. The first to be shot was 54-year-old shopper Cindy Ann Yuille, a hospice nurse and mother of two who was fatally shot in the back. 15-year-old Kristina Shevchenko, who was walking through the mall with her friend to reach the Town Center MAX station, was the second person to be shot; she received a bullet to the chest, but she survived and made it out of the mall, where she was treated for her gunshot wound.[5] The final victim was 46-year-old father of two and youth sports coach Steven Forsyth, who was sitting by a rented kiosk and talking with his father on his cell phone, was shot in the head and killed.
At this point, hundreds of people fled the mall after hearing the gunshots, but many remained inside and dashed to cover. Roberts headed further toward the food court, firing at 16-year-old employee Alina Pavlenko, who was over 100 feet away, but missed. He then turned back and headed toward a JCPenney store. He attempted to reload the AR-15 at that point, but was unable to do so, the weapon having apparently jammed. During that time, Nick Meli, a concealed carry permit holder, reportedly drew his Glock 22, took aim at Roberts, but did not fire since there was an innocent person behind Roberts. Meli asserts that Roberts saw him, and that this may have contributed to Roberts' decision to commit suicide.[1][2]
Shooting ends
Roberts then ran into a back storage corridor, where he encountered employee Rok Sang Kim, who had returned from recycling boxes and therefore hadn't heard the gunfire. Roberts pointed the rifle at him, but didn't shoot him, instead running down a flight of stairs onto a lower floor. There, he committed suicide.[5] In the chaos of the first few minutes after the shooting, there were expectations of mass casualties. Police responded to the scene minutes later and spent the following hours searching the mall for hiding civilians, injured victims, and a possible second shooter, while dozens of ambulances arrived with the expectations of treating dozens of wounded victims, but treated only Kristina Shevchenko for a serious gunshot wound.[5]
By the next day, the mall was cleared of civilians, but continued to remain under lockdown. It is believed Roberts targeted random people and did not have a specific target in mind.[6][7][8]
Victims
Two people were killed in the shooting, 54-year-old Cindy Ann Yuille and 45-year-old Steven Forsyth. A third person, 15-year-old Kristina Shevchenko, was also shot in the chest and seriously injured, but survived.[8] Several others also suffered minor bruises and scrapes suffered while fleeing.[5]
Perpetrator
Jacob Tyler Roberts | |
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 Jacob Tyler Roberts | |
| Born | March 16, 1990 |
| Died | December 11, 2012 (aged 22) Clackamas, Oregon, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot wound |
| Body discovered | Clackamas Town Center, Clackamas, Oregon, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Motive | Unknown |
In the day following the shooting, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office identified the shooter as 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts (born March 16, 1990), who lived in the Lents neighborhood in southeast Portland.[6] Roberts was raised by his aunt Tami Roberts; his biological mother, Teresa Anne Roberts, died from cancer in February 1993, shortly before his third birthday. Court records and family indicated that the identity of his father is unknown. He had been estranged from his aunt Tami Roberts since the time he was 18 years of age, though the aunt declined to comment on the reason, saying only that it was unrelated to an $18,000 inheritance from Roberts's grandmother that court documents allegedly show Tami Roberts misappropriated.[9] He attended Milwaukie High School in Milwaukie, Oregon for the first three years and later transferred during his senior year to Oregon City High School in Oregon City, Oregon, graduating in 2008. He attended Clackamas Community College in 2009. Two years prior to the shooting, Roberts worked at a gyro restaurant in downtown Portland,[8][10] where he was well-liked by his employer.[9] Roberts lived with a few roommates in a house ten minutes away from the shopping center. He had plans of joining the United States Marine Corps, but he abandoned these dreams after a bicycle accident that broke his foot. Prior to the shooting, he had broken up with his girlfriend, sold his belongings, resigned from his job, and alleged that he was planning to move to Hawaii.[5]
Reaction
When President Barack Obama delivered a speech regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, he mentioned other shooting rampages that occurred in the U.S. within previous months, including the incident at the Clackamas Town Center.[11] On March 28, 2013, a candlelight vigil was held at the mall, organized against gun violence and one of more than 120 events held nationwide to commemorate the National Day of Action to Reduce Gun Violence.[12]
References
- ^ a b Mike Benner (December 17, 2012). "Clackamas mall shooter faced man with concealed weapon". KGW. Portland. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Armed man faced Clackamas gunman; did not shoot". Koinlocal6.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ Carson, Teresa (December 12, 2012). "Oregon mall shooting appears to be lone, random rampage". Reuters via Chicago Tribune.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|newspaper=(help) - ^ Lydia Warren (December 13, 2012). "Jacob Tyler Roberts: Gunman in Oregon mall shooting identified". Daily Mail. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Clackamas Town Center shooting: 22 minutes of chaos and terror as a gunman meanders through the mall"
- ^ a b Martinez, Michael (December 12, 2012). "'I have lived one crazy life so far,' Oregon mall gunman says on Facebook". CNN. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ Johnston, Ian; Raftery, Isolde (December 11, 2012). "Two people shot to death at mall in Portland, Oregon; gunman also dies". NBC News. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c Bella, Rick (December 12, 2012). "Clackamas Town Center shooting: Killer was Jacob Tyler Roberts; fatalities were Steve Forsyth, Cindy Ann Yuille". The Oregonian via OregonLive.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|newspaper=(help) - ^ a b Dubois, Steven (December 14, 2012). "Jacob Tyler Roberts' Injury Dashed Oregon Mall Shooter's Hopes Of Being Marine". Huffington Post Crime. Huffington Post.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Anderson, Jennifer (December 12, 2012). "Shooter: 'I'm the kind of person who's going to do what I want'". Portland Tribune.
- ^ "Connecticut school shooting: Barack Obama calls for 'meaningful action, regardless of politics'". The Daily Telegraph. December 15, 2012.
- ^ "Candlelight vigil against gun violence to be held tonight at Clackamas Town Center"