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(The Umpqua Community College massacre on Thursday left ten people dead and at least seven
people injured. Courtesy of ABC News and YouTube. Posted on Oct 3, 2015.)
The noteworthy record of recent liot Rodger, and racist rants.
incel-fueled violence in the Unit-
Mercer also had disdain for  orga-
ed States and Canada includes:
nized religion, and—depending
In October 2015, Chris Mercer, 26, on witness accounts—asked his
a self-described incel follower, prospective victims if they were:
murdered nine, wounded eight “Christian, knew God, or had reli-
others, and then killed himself at gion” or “Christian?”
Umpqua Community College in
Roseburg, Oregon.
As with other mass shooters, he
sought notoriety and significance.
Mercer’s manifesto and other writ-
ings referenced his inability to In an online post following a mass
have a girlfriend, reverence for El- shooting in Virginia, Mercer wrote, 8