Here’s What We Know About The Oregon Mall Shooter And His Victims
Police identified Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, as the masked gunman suspected of killing himself and two others Tuesday at Clackamas Town Center near Portland.
1. Police released this photo of Roberts during a press conference on Wednesday:
According to officials, Roberts used a AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, stolen from someone he knew.
While on his rampage through the mall, the gun apparently jammed, but police believe Roberts was able to get it working again.
The 22-year-old student at Clackamas Community College has no criminal record.
2. Here’s his Facebook page, which will likely be taken down soon:
Police say they believe Roberts killed himself at the scene.
3. Here’s how he describes himself:
Hey what’s up guys my names Jake and I’m an alcoholic… Lol just kidding. If you were to ask someone that knows me they would probably say that I am a pretty funny person that takes sarcasm to the max. I’m the kind of person that is going to do what I want. There is no reason for another person to tell you what to do, I’m the conductor of my choo choo train. I may be young but I have lived one crazy life so far. My friends are my family and I don’t think that will ever change. I have done a lot for myself in the past year some good and some bad but I still press on. I like hanging out with my friends and having a good time maybe get a little drunk every now and then. I like to think of myself as a bit of an adrenaline junkie… Yup that’s right I’m a junkie lol. But I’m just looking to meet new people and see the world. Right now I work at the most badass gyro shop in town. I am one of the few people that can say I love my job and actually mean it. But if you want to know more about me send me a message. What’s up let’s party.
4. His photos:
8. And his interests, which include shooting:
9. Police also released photos of the two dead victims:
Steven Mathew Forsyth, 45.
Cindy Ann Yuille, 54.
Another victim — a 15-year-old girl — was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.
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TrippinOnStars 5 months agoWhat about now? Can be talk about gun control NOW? Oh, what’s that? Sandy Hook School Shooting? 14 dead children? Well, I guess, NOW IS NOT THE TIME …
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WuTangPam 5 months agoMy sister-in-law works at that mall, and frequently takes my nephew there. I am so thankful they were in San Diego this week and they were safe. My heart goes out to the victims and their families. These mass shootings have to stop. They are so pointless. And I agree with a poster below, we need to stop glorifying these shooters. I don’t want to know what their FB profile looks like or what it says. Their cowardly actions allow me to know enough about them. Waste of life.
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mauser*girl 5 months agoWill someone please explain to me why any time there is a shooting such as this one, people blame the firearms and not the shooter? When someone gets into a car and plows into a crowd of people, nobody blames the car - yet when someone steals another person’s firearm and shoots up a mall (which is already designated a “gun free zone” - check your local mall, it’s usually mentioned on a door sticker at an entrance), it’s the gun that causes the crime. No. It’s the person that causes the crime, that stole the gun, that loaded the gun, that took the lives of other people. The type of gun he used is irrelevant. He could have used a handgun, a shotgun, a bolt-action rifle, and killed just as many people. At least the author of this article was able to correctly identify the weapon as a semi-automatic rifle instead of calling it an “assault rifle”. But most people still don’t know what “semi-automatic” even means. They see the rifle and equate it with a military firearm, with which it has little in common other than outside appearance. AR-15s are used primarily in shooting sports, particularly Three Gun, across the country - safely and by law-abiding citizens. Why would you own such a weapon? Uh … because they’re fun to shoot at the range. The vast majority of people who own these do so because they like to put little holes into paper targets on the weekend - it’s a fun sport. And there are already plenty of laws when it comes to firearms ownerships, from what you can own to what paperwork you need to do to own it, to how you can transport it. However, most people who make an argument that it’s “too easy” to obtain a firearm obviously have never done so legally or they’d be more familiar with the restrictions and the process. I especially love it when people go on about how “fully-automatic weapons are too easy to buy”. LOL Please … do a little bit of research what is required to purchase a Class III weapon before making a statement like that.
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ringdinger 5 months agoYour car analogy is shit. Cars weren’t made so that people could use them to kill things. That’s the only reason guns were made and that’s what they do.
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lexmarksthespot 5 months agoZero reasons for any citizen to own a semi-automatic weapon, zero. They shouldn’t exist outside of the armed services.
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chelsyoungling 5 months agoWhy are we plastering the shooter all over the Internet? Turn this into a story about the victims, remember the horrible act, erase the person who did it from history.
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jof3 5 months agoMaybe it’s not because we are desensitized but because the more attention we focus on shootings like these, the more copycats pop up. I’m tired of seeing the victims using their 15 minutes of fame as well to describe extensively information that police should only know. I’m really tired of attention like this and would much rather focus on things we can change.
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