Gunman on Virginia Tech Campus

**drawit** · April 16th, 2007, 10:20 AM

If anyone hasn't seen this on the news yet there is a gunman on campus at the moment that shot one person in AJ (one of the dorms).

**imported_elp6n** · April 16th, 2007, 10:23 AM

I hadn't read the Roanoke yet this morning, had to check it when you posted this.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/breaking/wb/113294
They're now saying "multiple shootings" (and that's pretty much all it says at this point).

**drawit** · April 16th, 2007, 10:25 AM

Ya my cousin called us this mornin and told us not to come to class and i also have friends in West AJ. Some of my friends also said that they have been rushed from buildings by cops with AK 47's.

**imported_elp6n** · April 16th, 2007, 10:26 AM

Bad year for Tech in that perspective.
Blacksburg in general would always have incidents here and there, but I don't recall two major incidents in one school year in recent years.

**drawit** · April 16th, 2007, 10:29 AM

Ya there have been bomb threats all last week also. Dang man they just confirmed that one person has been killed and another injured so far. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wall.gif[/img]

**dogfacegremlin** · April 16th, 2007, 10:44 AM

is the gunman a student? has anyone heard anything else?

**imported_elp6n** · April 16th, 2007, 10:47 AM

Now I'm really wondering what's going on.
According to the Roanoke, the first shooting was apparently at Norris, and the second completely across campus at AJ. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Additional coverage:
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Updated: 10:17 a.m.
Multiple shootings have occurred at Virginia Tech this morning involving multiple victims. The second shooting happened in Norris Hall, the engineering building near Burruss Hall. Police are on the scene and rescue workers have set up a temporary treatment facility. The campus is on lock down. All classes and activities have been cancelled for the day.

Montgomery County public schools are all on lock down. In Blacksburg, no one is being allowed in any school building without approval by the school administrators, said Superintendent Tiffany Anderson.

The university has posted a notice of the incident on its Web site and is urging the university community to be cautious and contact Virginia Tech police at 231-6411 if they notice anything suspicious. No further details were available. The Roanoke Times will update with new information as it become available.

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**drawit** · April 16th, 2007, 10:50 AM

I think the first was in AJ and the second was in norris. One of the girls that my roommate is friends with apparently saw the shooting in Norris.

**imported_elp6n** · April 16th, 2007, 10:55 AM

Have to wonder was it one person? Multiple shooters?
I would think it would be hard for one shooter to go from AJ to Norris unnoticed and make a second shooting. That's what.. a 15 minute walk?

It's on CNN now too.