The HERO in the Oregon Shooting: He blocked the door and got shot 5 times

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On Thursday, a 26-year-old gunman killed 10 and wounded seven others at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. The shooter was ultimately killed by police. 

The death toll, however, could have been much higher were it not for the efforts of one man who reportedly stood up to the gunman — and took five bullets for his effort.

Chris Mintz, 30, had just started his first week at UCC after a decade-long career in the military when he heard shots fired in the campus' Snyder Hall. According to his aunt, the combat veteran immediately rushed the scene ofthe single classroom where the shooting took place in an attempt to get between the gunman and his fellow students. Mintz reportedly tried to block the door and to prevent the shooter from entering. 

"Tries to block the door to keep the gunman from coming in gets shot three times hits the floor looks up at gunman and says its my son's birthday today gets shot two more times," Wanda Mintz told Q13Fox. Wanda Mintz said her nephew relayed the story to her while on his way to surgery.