Oregon Shooter Looked 'Like He Was Playing A Video Game'

Chris Mintz has been described as a hero for blocking a door that a gunman at Umpqua Community College tried to enter during a rampage on October 1.

Mintz, 30, has received massive support in the days since Christopher Harper-Mercer killed nine people at the school before being killed during a shootout with police.

A GoFundMe page for Mintz has already raised more than $800,000 for his medical bills and child care.

Mintz, an army veteran, has done a handful of media interviews since the shooting, but Thursday he took to Facebook “to give my statement of how I remember that day.”

He and his classmates ran to the library, but Mintz turned back towards Snyder to tell people to stay away.

Then, he approached the classroom where he heard the gunshots.

“I stepped back a little bit and noticed a ladies foot wedged in the door,” he wrote. “There was so much blood, and it was so dark. I nudged the door closed. I could only see one of the students through the door. She was screaming and yelling and covered in blood. I motioned my finger over my mouth communicating to be quiet and motioned both my hands down for them to stay down.”

He yelled at someone in the parking lot to call the police.

That’s when he saw the shooter.

“All of a sudden, the shooter opened the classroom door beside the door to my left. He leaned half of his torso out and started shooting as I turned toward him.”

“He had a black shirt on, a shaved head, was tan and wearing glasses, he was so nonchalant through it all, like he was playing a video game and showed no emotion.

“The shots knocked me to the ground and felt like a truck hit me. He shot me again while I was on the ground and hit my finger and said, ‘That’s what you get for calling the cops.’ And I laid there, in a fetal position unable to move and responded, ‘I didn’t call the cops man, they were already on the way.’

“He leaned further out of the classroom and tried to shoot my phone. I yelled, ‘It’s my kids birthday man.’ He pointed the gun right at my face, and then he retreated back into the class. I’m still confused at why he didn’t shoot me again.”

The authorities arrived, and when a friend found him lying on the ground, all he could say was, “It’s my son’s birthday” and, “Please call my sons mom and tell her I can’t pick him up from school today.”

Mintz was shot five times — in the left leg, right leg, abdomen, shoulder blade and left pinky finger.

“I am recovering well and thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers,” Mintz said.

Read his full account here.

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