• Virginia Tech Shooting 2: Electric boogaloo - Shots fired, no Deaths known as of now
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[url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/12/virginia-tech-reports-shots-fired-on-campus/1[/url] [QUOTE] [B]Update at 3:06 p.m. ET[/B]: Virgina Tech says Friday's exams have been postponed. [B]Update at 2:44 p.m. ET[/B]: Mark Owczarski, director of news and information for the university, the gunman is still at large and that students should remain indoors. "The status of the shooter is unknown," Owczarski told a news conference. He says there are many law enforcement agencies on the scene and "we are looking absolutely everywhere." Owczarski says the police officer who was killed was a campus officer. He says the identity of the second victim has not been determined. He says the shooting occurred during a traffic stop at the Coliseum Parking Lot. He says witnesses saw the officer being shot at that location. Owczarski says the shooter fled on foot and headed toward Cage, a student parking lot. Police responding to the initial shooting found the second victim dead at the second location. Owczarski says most students were indoors today studying for exams that begin Friday. [B]Update at 2:34 p.m. ET[/B]: A SWAT team is now outside the Squires Student Center at the heart of campus. The Collegiate Times newspaper says on its Twitter feed that its staff has been evacuated from its office at the student center and that students are being moved to a "secure room" in the Student Center. [B]Update at 2:28 p.m. ET[/B]: Virginia Tech says on Twitter reports of shots fired at other locations around campus after the initial incident are unfounded. [B]Update at 2:25 p.m. ET[/B]: All Montgomery County schools are on lockdown, WDBJ TV reports. [B]Update at 2:04 p.m. ET[/B]: Virginia Tech says the police officer was shot and killed after pulling someone over in what was a routine traffic stop in the school's Coliseum parking lot. Witnesses tell police that the shooter ran toward a parking lot on campus, the Associated Press reports. A second person was found dead in that parking lot, the AP says. [B]Update at 1:59 p.m. ET[/B]: Virginia Tech confirms police officer, 1 other person killed in shootings on campus, the Associated Press reports. [B]Update at 1:55 p.m. ET[/B]: Police are investigating unconfirmed reports of shots fired at Johnson Hall. [B]Update at 1:52 p.m. ET[/B]: Police are clearing the Performance Arts Building, Collegiate Times reports on its Twitter account. [B]Update at 1:48 p.m. ET[/B]: Police are responding to unconfirmed reports of shot from Torgersen Hall. Collegiate Times, the university newspaper, also says that students have reported shots from the building. [B]Update at 1:28 p.m. ET[/B]: The Associated Press reports that a law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said initial reports indicate that the shooting occurred following a traffic stop. [B]Update at 1:25 p.m. ET[/B]: Police say the suspect is carrying a pistol or a "long gun." [B]Update at 1:23 p.m. ET[/B]: Social media immediately lit up with posts about the report of shots fired on the Virginia Tech campus. "VaTech is on lockdown," wrote one poster on Twitter. "Hoping we don't have repeat of the past. What part of no guns at school is apparently hard to get." [B]Update at 1:18 p.m. ET[/B]: Virginia Tech reports that a police officer has been shot on campus and there may also be a second victim. The shootings are reported in the Coliseum parking lot. "Stay inside. Secure doors. Emergency people are responding," the university website tells students. [B]Update at 1:02 p.m. ET: [/B]The university says shots were reported near a campus parking lot and tells students to stay inside. [B]Update at 12:48 p.m. ET:[/B] The Virginia Tech [URL="http://www.vt.edu/"]website[/URL] says the shooting suspect is described as white male, with gray sweat pants, gray hat, with neon green brim, maroon hjoodie and backpack. The report says the suspect is on foot walking toward the McComas building. The university, located in Blacksburg, Va., has issued a security alert and asked students with information to call 911. On April 16, 2007, a student, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a shooting rampage that left 33 dead, including himself. An administrative hearing began on Wednesday in Washington on whether the school should pay $55,000 in fines in connection with the shootings. [/QUOTE] oh boy
Uh oh
here we go again
I bet the news are gunna blame MW3 or RAGE.
Why would you do such a thing?
hope everybody is safe there
I hope nobody gets hurt :c
[quote]maroon hjoodie[/quote]
Again? The hell is up with you guys over there...
It is obviously because of video games! BAN ALL VIDEO GAIMMIZMISDanafuruergwrgwyrlol EDIIIIIT: From VT Alerts (1:12 p.m.): Suspect remains at large. A police officer has been shot. A potential second victim is reported at the Cage lot. Stay indoors. Secure in place. shit
Well this isnt good. Hope everyone is okay over there (apart from that mean fucker shooting everyone)
[QUOTE=dass;33628749]Again? The hell is up with you guys over there...[/QUOTE] article says it was in a parking lot, so it may have just been a gang shooting near the school.
[URL]http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/08/justice/virginia-tech-incident/index.html[/URL] [url]http://www.vt.edu/[/url] Police officer shot, possible second victim
Didnt someone in the programming subforum find an open camera and printer at Virginia Tech? This is awful though
I'm at VT currently, nothing seems to be happening. Here's a radio feed that has up-to-date information though [URL]http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=9365[/URL] The VT facebook wall has all of the e-mails that are sent to us: [URL]http://www.facebook.com/virginiatech[/URL] I'm in Slusher Hall by the way, if anyone is curious.
Hope nobody gets killed.
At least a cop and a student got shot. People are saying the cop might be dead.
Why did I pick the school built on an Indian burial ground
[QUOTE=samm5506;33628823]I'm at VT currently, nothing seems to be happening. Here's a radio feed that has up-to-date information though [URL]http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=9365[/URL] The VT facebook wall has all of the e-mails that are sent to us: [URL]http://www.facebook.com/virginiatech[/URL][/QUOTE] Dude run like fuck
I saw the thread title pun coming a mile away.
Apparently it was too much to hope that no one gets hurt like the last one, but man I hope no one dies
Just heard he died, not quite sure if I can trust.
just wow
Read as vagina shooting shit.
I was supposed to go meet up with my lab group on campus to put together our final report today at 1 and fuck am I glad we pushed that back to tomorrow
Dat title.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;33628937]I was supposed to go meet up with my lab group on campus to put together our final report today at 1 and fuck am I glad we pushed that back to tomorrow[/QUOTE] If you didnt, it would not be like you could do much unless you all like to be super fucking early
[QUOTE=bull3tmagn3t;33628740]hjoodie[/QUOTE] school shooting ROFL THEY SPELT HOODIE WRONG XD Please spend your time better
Hope every one is ok.
[quote=CNN][Updated 1:16 p.m. ET] A police officer has been shot on or near the campus of Virginia Tech, the university's website says. A possible second victim is reported down in a parking lot and the suspect is at large, the website says.[/quote] [url]http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/reports-of-shots-fired-at-virginia-tech/[/url]
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