SHOOTING at Virginia Tech

[mis_chiff]

Another school shooting....This is a biggie! Over 21 so far dead!
This is live on CNN at the moment.

One guys cell phone actually caught about 6 or 7 shots still
being fired inside when the swat was trying to get in....

This is truley heart wrenching to hear the shots
and swat can't get in to stop it!

My heart goes out to the family and friends!

 

[lpxxfaintxx]

Oh my goodness, I just read about this on Yahoo.com. This is truely tragic.

 

[Fewski]

Horrible what happened, worse deadly shooting in a school in US history.

Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting

 

[0lgi]

I also watched this live on CNN ! Really a big tragedy , anyway is that true that the guy who killed those students is dead now ?

Olgi

 

[Fewski]

I also watched this live on CNN ! Really a big tragedy , anyway is that true that the guy who killed those students is dead now ?

Olgi

Yes, the police said the shooter was dead. But they have not released how he died (Suicide or Police shot him).

 

[Jeff]

This is just awful ...

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.

Our prayers to the victims and their families!
-Jeff

 

[Peter]

According to UK news the death count is currently sitting at 29. School shootings seemed to slow down and quieten up a bit hope it's not the start of the again.

sorry just looked at the news it seems to have risen to 31 now.

 

[CrazyTech]

It's up 32 according to current reports. Just checked on a friend of mine. There aren't too many details on exactly what went on right now.

 

[lpxxfaintxx]

Why are the numbers rising and rising?

 

[Matthew.]

Death count seems to be rising according to the radio, although I have not had it on in a while. I have not heard or read whether the person who opened fire was a student/teacher/parent/random person...

Funny how you can't seem to imagine what being in a situation like that would feel like, at least i can't anyway. Perhaps on a smaller scale...but in such a large university....it's hard to think about.

Matt

 

[Fewski]

Why are the numbers rising and rising?

Could be because some of the injured are dieing, not sure... but not good either way.

 

[Eric]

Just terrible

Thoughts and prayers to the victims, their friends, and family.

 

[000]

Heard about this at school today -- it's quite sad, and my prayers will go out to all those involved!

This could just be the beginning of a new era for school security.

 

[mis_chiff]

I know all the facts aren't in yet, but I have to ask...
Listening to the victims that were there....

What I don't understand is why at 9:26 am (I think the student said)
there was a campus email about an earlier shooting that morning
(about 7:30 am)
Why was the campus still having classes after the first shooting?
Specially since they hadn't solved it yet....
I don't get it...
I thought it was an automatic immediate shutdown after something like this?

 

[scoops22]

Truely tragic and very sad.My condolences.

 

[localexperts]

Virginia Tech Class of 1989

while our domains and businesses are important, days like this remind us what is really important. Prayers to the families.

 

[S-L-O-W]

Truely a very sad day.

 

[localexperts]

Enjoy your life.

 

[True_Snake]

Very tragic situation . It's upsetting and angering when an institution that holds our future is thrown into such a situation. Violence isn't acceptable anywhere, but at a university?

My heart goes out to them .


True_Snake

 

[CrazyTech]

I can speak from firsthand when I say that universities don't have communication systems that work very well at all. For example, on a morning where there was icing there were still kids waking up and driving into school. The only way you even received an email was if you went a joined a special mailing list. They sent it out to the local news stations, but that was it.

I know here at USC, they're testing an alarm system for next year, so I hope things like this will be fixed. Colleges are so very concerned about the money and looking prestigious, but I am really seeing a lack of concern for the students on essential issues like this. A shooting should result in a lockdown of campus when the shooter is on the loose. That's just common sense. There's no way students should get an email two hours later saying "oh by the way there was a shooting..."

I'm hoping some details come out that explain this, but I am afraid this event is going to cause some real trouble because it could have been avoided. The ironic thing is, they had another situation where a killer was loose...

Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice...

As for the rising body count, this took place across several buildings. I believe it was in both a dorm and a classroom/auditorium building.