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Virginia Tech Rampage
« on: Apr 16th, 2007, 1:58pm » |
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Death Toll in Virginia Tech Rampage at 31
By SUE LINDSEY
AP
BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 16) - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told The Associated Press. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to 31, 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 clear if the gunman was a student.
The shootings spread panic and confusion on campus, with witnesses reporting students jumping out the windows of a classroom building to escape the gunfire. SWAT team members with helmets, flak jackets and assault rifles swarmed over the campus. Students and faculty members carried out some of the wounded themselves, without waiting for ambulances to arrive.
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 coed dormitory that houses 895 people, and continuing at least two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building about a half-mile away, authorities said.
Police said they were still investigating the shooting at the dorm when they got word of gunfire at the classroom building.
After the first shots were fired, students were warned to stay indoors and away from the windows. But some students said they thought the precautions had been lifted by the time the second burst of gunfire was heard, and some bitterly questioned why the gunman was able to strike a second time, two hours after the bloodshed began.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said there was no evidence to suggest it was a terrorist attack, "but all avenues will be explored."
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/death-toll-in-virginia-tech-ramp age-at/20070416102509990001
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Re: Virginia Tech Rampage
« Reply #1 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 1:59pm » |
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This is unbelievably sad and scary. What is this world coming to? 
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« Reply #2 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 2:27pm » |
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I couldn't believe this when I saw it on the news   . They also said that some witnesses said that some of the students were lined up against a wall and shot execution style...that's just horrific Can't imagine what the families must be going through.
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 2:43pm » |
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I haven't heard that yet. That is horrific!
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« Reply #4 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 4:56pm » |
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It's scary and disheartening that in these times, a simple thing like going to school and furthering your education carries the risk of having some random, senseless event like this take your future from you.
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« Reply #5 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 5:12pm » |
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on Apr 16th, 2007, 4:56pm, DWG wrote:It's scary and disheartening that in these times, a simple thing like going to school and furthering you education carries the risk of having some random, senseless event like this take your future from you.
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That's what I was just saying to my husband. Here's a group of kids just trying to better their lives for the future and BAM in a heartbeat it's all taken from them. SAD SAD SAD
I haven't been able to watch the news footage. It just rips me apart.
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 16th, 2007, 5:56pm » |
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Awful, just so awful. The worst is that the coward took his own life, so no one will ever really get any answers or closure about his reasoning. I really feel for the families of the students.
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« Reply #7 on: Apr 17th, 2007, 4:50am » |
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I wonder who you think you are
You damn well think you're God or something?
God give life, God taketh it away, not you
I think you are the devil itself
Am I the only one who cannot watch or read media coverage on this? It's so gratuitous and tactless that it makes me feel as if I'm doing the victims a disservice by watching/reading it.
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« Reply #8 on: Apr 17th, 2007, 6:36am » |
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on Apr 17th, 2007, 4:50am, Christian wrote:
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I don't want to, but I'd feel apathetic if I didn't read about it. I haven't watched any of the TV coverage though -- I really have no desire to see the clips the 24-hour news stations have been playing ad nauseum. (It's a sad world when not only are innocent people being mass murdered, but that all someone can think of doing instead of escaping is to whip out their camera phone and record the cops running in...)
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 17th, 2007, 7:40am » |
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on Apr 17th, 2007, 4:50am, Christian wrote:
Am I the only one who cannot watch or read media coverage on this? It's so gratuitous and tactless that it makes me feel as if I'm doing the victims a disservice by watching/reading it. |
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I've read some of the media but I can't bring myself to watch the clips. It's so senseless and horrific.
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