Gunman in Oregon massacre was turned away from firearms academy

By Eric M. Johnson and Emily Flitter ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - The gunman slain by police after he killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon college was once turned away from a firearms academy by an instructor who recalled finding him "weird" and "a little bit too anxious" for high-level weapons training. Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, who moved to Oregon from the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, California, was officially identified on Friday as the assailant in the rampage at