Victims of Oregon shooting

Nine people were killed and nine others injured on Thursday when a gunman opened fire on a English class at Oregon's Umpqua Community College. Among the victims were the class professor, and several teenagers.

Victims of the Oregon community college shooting top row from left to right: Lucero Alcaraz, 19, Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18, Quinn Cooper, 18, Treven Taylor Anspach, 20, Sarena Dawn Moore, 44; Bottom row from left to right: Professor Lawrence Levine, 67, Lucas Eibel, 18, Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59, and Jason Dale Johnson, 34.

​Lucas Eibel

Lucas Eibel of Roseburg, 18.

The family of 18-year-old Lucas Eibel said their son loved volunteering at Wildlife Safari, and Saving Grace Animal Shelter. He was an amazing soccer player, and graduated Roseburg High School with high academic marks. He was studying chemistry, and was a scholarship recipient.

"We have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how amazing Lucas was, but that would take 18 years," a statement from his family read.

​Jason Johnson

Jason Dale Johnson of Winston, 34.

In a statement released by 34-year-old Jason Johnson's family, they said he was a proud Christian. He recently enrolled at the community college and his family was very proud of him for enrolling in school.

"They felt that Jason had finally found his path," the statement read.

​Quinn Cooper

Quinn Glen Cooper of Roseburg, 18.

The family of Quinn Cooper released a statement saying they are in shock, noting that Quinn was 18 years old, having graduated from high school in June. It was just his fourth day of college when he was killed.

"Quinn was funny, sweet, compassionate and such a wonderful loving person," the statement read. "He always stood up for people."

The statement says Quinn and his brother Cody were inseparable. Quinn loved dancing, and voice acting.

"I don't know how we are going to move forward with our lives without Quinn," the statement from the Cooper family read. "Our lives are shattered beyond repair."

Sarena Moore

Sarena Dawn Moore, 44, of Myrtle Creek, was a member of Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church, which had a post on its Facebook page mourning her death.

The Oregonian reported that Moore was a graduate of a high school in Reno, Nevada, and that she had two sons also living in southern Oregon. Moore's brother, Rick Goin, said it's too early for him to speak about Moore's death but he was glad the shooter did not survive. "The shooter is gone and we don't have to wait for trials and everything else," he told the newspaper.

Treven Anspach

Treven Taylor Anspach, 20, of Sutherlin, was the son of a Roseburg firefighter. In a written statement read by officials, his family said Anspach was "one of the most positive young men, always looking for the best in life."

"Treven was larger than life and brought out the best in those around him," his family wrote.

​Rebecka Carnes

Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18, of Myrtle Creek, was the niece of an area paramedic and a relative of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon.

In a written statement, Merkley wrote: "Rebecka's beautiful spirit will be enormously missed." A GoFundMe site has been set up for Carnes by her cousin, Lisa Crawford, to help Carnes' parents "with Becka's final expenses." "I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to have watched Becka grow up," Crawford wrote on the site. "She had just started a new job and college classes. This isn't how life is supposed to work and I am struggling to wrap my mind around the entire situation."

Crawford said that the people in Carnes' life "loved her fiercely and are devastated."

"Don't let life ever become so busy that you don't have a moment to stop and be kind to someone," Crawford wrote. "Let love and gentleness shine in the wake of this violence."

Lucero Alcaraz

Lucero Alcaraz, 19.

Her father fought back tears and anger outside of their Roseburg home. "There is no sense in talking about it. It's in vain," Ezequiel Alcaraz said in Spanish. "What's the point in showing our pain?"

Lucero's sister, Maria Leticia Alcaraz, posted news of the death on Facebook. "She was my best friend and my sister," Maria Alcaraz wrote. "I'm full of anger, pain, sadness, regret that I didn't get the chance to see her or prevent this from happening."

Maria Alcaraz also wrote of being proud of her sister for getting scholarships that would cover her college costs, and said she would have been a great pediatric nurse. "You were going to do great things," she wrote.

Kim Saltmarsh Dietz

Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59, of Roseburg, loved the outdoors, her 18-year-old daughter and her two Great Pyrenees dogs, said Robert Stryk, owner of Pyrenees Vineyards in Myrtle Creek, where Dietz worked as a caretaker for many years.

Dietz was taking classes at the same college as her daughter, who was unhurt in the shooting, Stryk said. "That's really the tragedy here, is that this is a woman who was just trying to better herself," he said. Dietz's ex-husband, Eric Dietz, is the vineyard manager, and both were still close friends, Stryk said.

Eric Dietz posted a picture of Kim on Facebook and confirmation of her death "with deep grief in my heart."

Stryk said Kim Dietz was originally from England. "She was a very energetic, very kind, kind soul," he said. "Kim was an exceptional woman."

Lawrence Levine

Professor Lawrence Levine, 67, of Glide, was an assistant professor of English at the college and a member of Steamboaters, a fly fishing and conservation group.

Dale Greenley, a fellow member of the group said Levine was an avid fisherman who used to be a guide on the north Umpqua River. "He was kind of quiet and laid back, he didn't say much," Greenley said. "But he was a good writer."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.