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I think there are a few Hokies that post on this board. I do some consulting in Roanoke, and just drive through Blacksburg at about 9:00AM this morning.

VT Shootings

University Advisory:
Gunman on campus; all classes canceled

04/16/2007, Updated 10:51 a.m.

In addition to an earlier shooting today in West Ambler Johnston, there has been a multiple shooting with multiple victims in Norris Hall. Police and EMS are on the scene.

Police have one shooter in custody and as part of routine police procedure, they continue to search for a second shooter.

All people in university buildings are required to stay inside until further notice. All entrances to campus are closed.

Scary

Being from Va it is all over the news hear, students have been calling the local news station here to tell what they heard and saw. They are still looking for a second shooter. So far 1 dead 9 wounded at 2 differant shootings.

Anyone know where Marcus and Michael are??

KING

UPDATE: 17 victims, 1 dead.

Gunman Opens Fire on Campus, Killing One
Students Shot in Classroom, Dorm at Virginia Tech
AP
Breaking News: A hospital spokeswoman reports that 17 Virginia Tech students have been treated for gunshot wounds and other injuries.


BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 16) -- One person was killed and seven or eight more were shot in a dorm and in a classroom on the Virginia Tech campus Monday before police arrested a suspected gunman, officials told The Associated Press.

Police confirmed they had a suspect in custody, the university said on its Web site.

On the Web site, Tech confirmed the shooting at opposite ends of the 2,600-acre campus at West Ambler Johnston, a residence hall, and reported "multiple victims" at Norris Hall, an engineering building.

The university said in a news release there were multiple victims. Government officials with knowledge of the case said there were seven to eight other "casualties."

Students were asked to stay in their homes away from windows.

"There's just a lot of commotion. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on," said student Jason Anthony Smith, 19, who lives in the building where shooting took place.

The shooting was reported at West Ambler Johnston Hall.

Officials ordered the campus closed, the second time in less than a year the 26,000-student campus was shut because of a shooting.

In August 2006, the opening day of classes was canceled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate allegedly killed a hospital guard off campus and fled to the Tech area. A sheriff's deputy involved in the manhunt was killed on a trail just off campus.

The accused gunman, William Morva, faces capital murder charges.


http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/...S00010000000001

Just announced that there is multiple fatalitys and gunman is dead. WOW, now they are saying 20 fatalitys.

One of the victims (shot in the arm) was on MSNBC. Said it was an early 20s Asian man who opened fire into the classroom. He said there were numerous serious injuries and the gunman tried to re-enter the classroom. Reports now have 20 fatalities, 28 additional injured... Prayers to students and families at VT.

Holy crap! Ugh....why?

Prayers for the familes.

That's just nuts down there,, we probably won't know anything for sure until they have a chance to sort things out,,, news is coming out of there at a frantic rate,,,,

UPDATE:
20 students dead, shooter dead as much as 30 wounded

CNN

I just heard 22 now. How awful.

22 dead, 21 wounded according to the AP. Gunman was apparently looking for his girlfriend and lining people up execution style. Stupid ass.

Terrible news. Why would someone do this? I'll never understand. I feel so sad for the parents of these students.

WLW said 30 deaths are now being reported. Jesus.

Just got home from work and saw it on msn.com.

21 dead and 28 wounded.....how tragic. What makes people do things like this I will never understand.

j/c

What a tragedy. Just terrible.

Unbelievable

They are saying that there was only one shooter (who is now deceased) but the shootings were two hours apart!?

Prayers to all involved

There's a Police Chief (or spokesperson) on Fox News right now saying there were two shooters...one is dead.

I got my masters from Tech, many of the guys I work with went there.. and I have friends with kids there now. I'm afraid to call them....

Unfathomable. Prayers for the victims and their families and friends.

Words dont even cover all this. Its just awful.

web page

Gunman kills 21 on Virginia Tech campus
By SUE LINDSEY, Associated Press Writer
47 minutes ago



BLACKSBURG, Va. - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding another 21 before he was killed, police said.


"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said university president Charles Steger. "The university is shocked and indeed horrified."

The university reported shootings at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a co-ed residence hall that houses 895 people, and continuing about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building.

One student was killed in a dorm and the others were killed in the classroom, Virginia Tech Police Chief W.R. Flinchum.

After the shootings, all entrances to the campus were closed and classes canceled through Tuesday.

"There's just a lot of commotion. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on," said Jason Anthony Smith, 19, who lives in the dorm where shooting took place.

Aimee Kanode, a freshman from Martinsville, said the shooting happened on the 4th floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory, one floor above her room. Kanode's resident assistant knocked on her door about 8 a.m. to notify students to stay put.

"They had us under lockdown," Kanode said. "They temporarily lifted the lockdown, the gunman shot again."

"We're all locked in our dorms surfing the Internet trying to figure out what's going on," Kanode said.

Madison Van Duyne, a student who was interviewed by telephone on CNN, said, "We are all in lockdown. Most of the students are sitting on the floors away from the windows just trying to be as safe as possible."

It was second time in less than a year that the campus was closed because of a shooting.

In August 2006, the opening day of classes was canceled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate allegedly killed a hospital guard off campus and fled to the Tech area. A sheriff's deputy involved in the manhunt was killed on a trail just off campus.

The accused gunman, William Morva, faces capital murder charges.

2 Bomb Threats at VA Tech Last Week
Before Today's Massacre, Virginia Tech Received 2 Separate Bomb Threats

By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG
April 16, 2007 — - There have been two separate bomb threats in the past two weeks at Virginia Tech that targeted engineering buildings.

The first, in early April, was directed at Torgersen Hall, which is an engineering building. The second, at the end of last week, was directed at multiple engineering buildings.

Students and staff were evacuated, and the university had offered a $5,000 reward for information into the threats.

Copyright © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures


http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3045900&page=1

Massacre at Virginia Tech: 29 Confirmed Dead

Fatalities Expected to Rise; Suspected Gunman Among the Dead

By DAVID SCHOETZ, NED POTTER, and the staff of ABC News

Apr. 16, 2007— - At least 29 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass killing on a college campus in American history -- and the death toll may rise.

Police at Virginia Tech, in Blaksburg, Va., said that the shootings happened at a dormitory and a classroom on opposite sides of the university campus.

Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said that one person was killed in the first shooting, which occurred just after 7 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a large dormitory. Flinchum said that at least 20 more people were killed at Norris Hall, an academic building.

The gunman, whose identity has not been released, is among the dead. Flinchum wouldn't say whether the shooter had killed himself.

ABC News has confirmed that there were two separate bomb threats last week at Virginia Tech that targeted engineering buildings. The first was directed at Torgersen Hall, while the second was directed at multiple engineering buildings. Students and staff were evacuated, and the university had offered a $5,000 reward for information into the threats.

Two local hospitals have reported treating 21 people, though it is unclear how many of those may have died.

University president Charles Steger said that police have not officially tied together the two shootings.

Steger described today's events as an incident of "tragic proportions" and said, "the university is shocked and horrified that this would befall us."

The campus is closed today and classed are canceled today and tomorrow. Families seeking to reunite with their children have been directed by the university to the Inn at Virginia Tech.


Copyright © 2007 ABC News Internet Ventures


http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=3045574

I wonder if these two things (the bomb scare and todays shootings) are related at all,,,

And we will probably never know the REAL reason why, alot of speculation as to why, but unless he left a note, it will all be guesses.

Prayers out to the students and their families.

Gunman Kills 21 People at Virginia Tech
Campus Rampage Is Deadliest in U.S. History
By SUE LINDSEY
AP
BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 16) - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to 22, but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.



"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said Virginia Tech president Charles Steger. "The university is shocked and indeed horrified."

The name of the gunman was not immediately released, and investigators offered no motive for the attack. It was not immediately known if the gunman was a student.

The bloodbath took place at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a co-ed dormitory that houses 895 people, and continuing about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building, authorities said. Police said they were still investigating the shooting at the dorm when they got word of the gunfire at the classroom building.

Some of the dead were students. One student was killed in the dorm, and the others were killed in the classroom, Virginia Tech Police Chief W.R. Flinchum.

Up until Monday, the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history was a rampage that took place in 1966 at the University of Texas at Austin, where Charles Whitman climbed the clock tower and opened fire with a rifle from the 28th-floor observation deck. He killed 16 people before he was shot to death by police. In the Columbine High bloodbath near Littleton, Colo., in 1999, two teenagers killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives.


The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was in Killen, Texas, in 1991, when George Hennard drove his pickup into a Luby's Cafeteria and shot 23 people to death, then himself.

Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, about 160 miles west of Richmond. With more than 25,000 full-time students, it has the state's largest full-time student population. The school is best known for its engineering school and its powerhouse football team.

The rampage took place on a brisk spring day, with snow flurries swirling around the campus.

A gasp could be heard at a campus news conference when the police chief said at least 20 people had been killed. Previously, only one person was thought to have been killed.

Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began marking and recovering the large number of shell casings and will trace the weapon used, according to an ATF official who spoke on condition of anonymity because local authorities are leading the investigation.

A White House spokesman said President Bush was horrified by the rampage and offered his prayers to the victims and the people of Virginia.


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After the shootings, all entrances to the campus were closed, and classes were canceled through Tuesday. The university set up a meeting place for families to reunite with their children at the Inn at Virginia Tech. It also made counselors available and planned a convocation for Tuesday at the basketball arena.

After the shootings, students were told to stay inside away from the windows.

"There's just a lot of commotion. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on," said Jason Anthony Smith, 19, who lives in the dorm where shooting took place.

Aimee Kanode, a freshman from Martinsville, said the shooting happened on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory, one floor above her room. Kanode's resident assistant knocked on her door about 8 a.m. to notify students to stay put.

"They had us under lockdown," Kanode said. "They temporarily lifted the lockdown, the gunman shot again."

"We're all locked in our dorms surfing the Internet trying to figure out what's going on," Kanode said.

Madison Van Duyne, a student who was interviewed by telephone on CNN, said: "We are all in lockdown. Most of the students are sitting on the floors away from the windows just trying to be as safe as possible."

Police said there had been bomb threats on campus over the past two weeks by authorities but said they have not determined a link to the shootings.

It was second time in less than a year that the campus was closed because of a shooting.

Last August, the opening day of classes was canceled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate allegedly killed a hospital guard off campus and fled to the Tech area. A sheriff's deputy involved in the manhunt was killed on a trail just off campus. The accused gunman, William Morva, faces capital murder charges.

The numbers have gone up quite a bit since that report, Daman.

Feel free to correct me but don't we have a couple of current students of VT posting on our board.

If so has anyone heard whether they are alright?

Which is why I don't think we need any new articles under one of them contains some new news...

Just clicking...

I can't believe all of this is going on right now. I'm at a total loss for words.

I'm sending my thoughts to VT

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html

CNN story has a student video...

It's under the "Student reports 'mayhem'" area
(Watch a student's recording of police responding to loud bangs Video)

My parents graduated from VT and I was supposed to go there before we moved.

This is insane.. I have heard that the shooter was an asian student.

Fox News says 32 people are dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266310,00.html

I also heard that the weapons were two 9 mm's.