[quote]Two people have died in a shooting at Virginia Tech university, including a campus police army veteran who was a father of five.
Officials said the gunfire began when Officer Deriek Crouse, 39, made a routine traffic stop on campus.
Multiple reports suggested that the gunman was the second victim, but there was no confirmation of this.
Virginia Tech was the site of the worst US school shooting, in 2007, when a gunman killed 32 people and himself.
"Our hearts are broken again," said university President Charles W Steger at an afternoon news conference.
On Thursday evening about 150 students gathered in a candlelight vigil at the campus memorial for the 2007 shootings. An official event is to be held Friday.
At the memorial, Reuters reported, a student left a note on orange paper. "We are the Hokies," it said, referring to the name of the school's sports teams. "We will prevail".
State police officer Sgt Robert Carpentieri told reporters it appeared that the shooter was not in the car that was pulled over. The suspect fled towards another parking lot, where police found the second victim.
"Since the time of the second incidence there have been no other founded reports of any threat to the campus," Gene Deisinger, Virginia Tech's deputy chief of campus security, said.
Crouse had served on the campus police force for four years, joining the Virginia Tech Police Department about six months after 2007 shootings[/quote]
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Woah, what the fuck? I go away for a month and another VA Tech happens?
Woops late, I always keep missing them. Sorry guys.
This is 9 hours late.
I was following this over the police scanner.
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