Another tragic day for VA Tech

[NewYorkJettster]

Our prayers and heart felt feelings are sent to the senseless loss and the families left behind.


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[SouthwestRanger]

Massacre at Virginia Tech: 31 Confirmed Dead
Fatalities Expected to Rise; Suspected Gunman Among the Dead

ABC News | April 16, 2007

DAVID SCHOETZ, NED POTTER
At least 31 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.

[The Canadian Wolverine]

Terrible, just insane [img]graemlins/broken_heart.gif[/img]


CW

[furikkia blu]

I'm shocked [img]graemlins/broken_heart.gif[/img]

[gus danger]

Incomprehensible and senseless!

What I just heard is:

33 dead (including the shooter)
50 wounded

Just insane is right CW!
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GD

[SouthwestRanger]

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman suspected of carrying out the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead was identified Tuesday as a English major whose creative writing was so disturbing that he

News reports also said that he may have been taking medication for depression, that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic, and that he left a note in his dorm in which he railed against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus.

Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior, arrived in the United States as boy from
South Korea in 1992 and was raised in suburban Washington, D.C., officials said. He was living on campus in a different dorm from the one where Monday's bloodbath began.

Police and university officials offered no clues as to exactly what set him off on the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.

"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," school spokesman Larry Hincker said.

Professor Carolyn Rude, chairwoman of the university's English department, said she did not personally know the gunman. But she said she spoke with Lucinda Roy, the department's director of creative writing, who had Cho in one of her classes and described him as "troubled."

"There was some concern about him," Rude said. "Sometimes, in creative writing, people reveal things and you never know if it's creative or if they're describing things, if they're imagining things or just how real it might be. But we're all alert to not ignore things like this."

She said Cho was referred to the counseling service, but she said she did not know when, or what the outcome was. Rude refused to release any of his writings or his grades, citing privacy laws.

The Chicago Tribune reported on its Web site that he left a note in his dorm room that included a rambling list of grievances. Citing identified sources, the Tribune said he had recently shown troubling signs, including setting a fire in a dorm room and stalking some women.

Investigators believe Cho at some point had been taking medication for depression, the newspaper reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/..._tech_shooting

SR: People I'm going to keep the following to the point and REAL as our African American friends say...

If you need to get something off your chest or have some personal demons, talk to your friends, church members, Pastor, Rabbi, Priest, or Psychological Professional... [img]graemlins/broken_heart.gif[/img]

We've all sturggled with anxiety, depression, rage, anger, bitterness, and other problems. I'm sure even Cherie and her fellow peers in the Rock world have undergone the above... [img]graemlins/cry_smile.gif[/img]

Remember there is NO SHAME in seeking help from a Mental Help Professional ...

Better to talk out your problems than take them out like the above unfortunate person...

Peace...

[gus danger]

Alex Jones tells it like it is!
I'm surprised he hasn't been silenced by now!

I wonder if Cho ran out of bullets or just decided he'd done enough damage.
Gus

[SouthwestRanger]

FROM THE ALEX JONES WEBSITE....

VA Massacre Proves Government Can't Protect You
Cowardly cops with sub-machine guns hid behind trees as punk madman went on killing spree




Prison Planet | April 17, 2007
Paul Joseph Watson

The loudest message sent by what happened at Virginia Tech yesterday is that government cannot and will not protect you.

Contrast the events at VA Tech with the 1966 UT Tower shooting, which was until yesterday the deadliest shooting massacre on a University campus in America.

The shooter was Charles Whitman, an army sniper who carried out his killing spree enjoying "a nearly unassailable vantage point from which he could select and dispatch victims," according to Crime Library , armed to the teeth with an arsenal of high powered weaponry.

The Virginia killer was able to dispatch twice as many victims as Whitman despite having apparently little firearms skill, using only two relatively weak handguns and being surrounded by police and other civilians who could have attempted to apprehend him at any point.

The difference? 40 years ago cops were not cowards, they knew their job was to protect the public and they didn't hide behind trees while wearing bullet proof body armor and toting sub-machine guns, cowering in fear at the prospect of facing up to a punk with a pea-shooter.

They didn't wait for two hours as a killer roamed the campus without even warning the students.

The case of the UT Tower shooting when compared to the Virginia massacre illustrates perfectly how American men have been turned into weak yellow bellies who beg and plead for the equally spineless police to protect them in a crisis.

As soon as reports of a shooter atop the UT Tower surfaced, residents and police alike loaded up and headed straight for UT campus in a communal effort to take down the killer. Had these individuals not kept Whitman pinned back, countless more innocents would have perished.

Ray Martinez was an Austin police officer who wasn't even on duty when news of the shootings broke, but he immediately put on his uniform and rushed to the scene of the carnage.

Martinez, officer Houston McCoy, and officer Jerry Day hastily deputized citizen Allen Crum and charged up towards the observation deck to confront the killer. Martinez and McCoy burst in on Whitman, unloading eight rounds between them and silencing the shooter.

These upstanding police officers did not consider themselves brave or special for what they did, they were simply doing their job, instead of strutting around in combat gear and hiding behind trees as we witnessed yesterday.

The Virginia massacre is another painful reminder that your government cannot and will not protect you.

[ellanoize]

Why are we not showing respect for the victims?
Cho was a loser and I'm sick of hearing about his stupid butt. He was a nutcase, and he is dead, Lets not give him his 15 minutes of fame, Lets give the victim the respect they Deserve [img]mad.gif[/img]

[RockinSheri]

God bless those families and those precious souls.....

My heart goes out to them all.

XOX...