Ten people were killed and seven were wounded Thursday in a shooting at a small community college in Roseburg, Oregon, according to multiple reports.
Sheriff John Hanlin said Thursday evening that the toll had been revised downward from the earlier figures of 13 dead and at least 20 wounded. Names of the victims won't be released for at least a day, he said.
Hanlin said earlier that officers had "neutralized" and killed the shooter, a male, during an exchange of gunfire in a campus building at Umpqua Community College. He declined to reveal any information about the shooter.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) said during a separate news conference that the killer was 20 years old. The governor said she would attend a vigil later Thursday night at Stewart Park in Roseburg.
"Today in southern Oregon is not a good afternoon," Hanlin said. "It's been a terrible day."
"This is a small community," the sheriff added. "A lot of our friends and family attend this college. I personally know a number of people I work with that had very strong concerns about the welfare for loved ones going to school there." 
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