LOS ANGELES – A 20-year-old who gunned down several people at a community college in the US state of Oregon Thursday has been confirmed dead after a shoot-out with police, officials said.

Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told a news conference that officers headed to Umpqua Community College in Roseburg following reports of an active shooter in a classroom.

“Upon arriving there they located the shooter in one of the buildings.Officers engaged that suspect.There was an exchange of gunfire. “The shooter threat was neutralized,” Hanlin said, later confirming: “The shooter is deceased.

Governor Kate Brown said the gunman was a 20-year-old male. It was not yet known if he was a student at the college, according to Hanlin. No official toll was released for the shooting. “There are confirmed injuries and there are confirmed fatalities,” Hanlin said.