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Royals Pitcher Praying for His Hometown After Mass Shooting

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The latest on the deadly shooting Thursday at a community college in Oregon (all times local):

Royals left-hander Jeremy Guthrie says he’s keeping his Oregon hometown in his prayers after a mass shooting at a local community college.

Guthrie was born in Roseburg and lived there until he was 12. But he moved just 100 miles away and visited there often after he left. His father sold cars in the community for about 20 years.

“I used to ride around that entire town on my bicycle,” he said before the Royals faced the White Sox in Chicago. “When we went somewhere, we jumped on our bikes and rode down to the shoe store, the mall, and as such you got to know people.”

Guthrie says he has several cousins, aunts and uncles who still live in the Roseburg area.

“Certainly in those smaller towns everybody knows each other, so I’m sure there are many people that are directly feeling the pain today,” he said.

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