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To: dragnet2
If I am not mistaken, the police admitted they may have been chasing the wrong suspect at one point. But they never elaborate, and there were no follow-up questions.

See, this ABC stuff comes from the same press conference that everyone else was at, it seems, and everyone else sort of presented it as Police semi-admitting they were initially looking for the wrong guy, but ABC chose to make a banner headline that they were "breaking" that there may be a second shooter involved.

3,975 posted on 04/16/2007 9:08:41 PM PDT by Strategerist
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GOVERNOR KAINE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY TO COORDINATE RESPONSE TO SHOOTINGS AT VIRGINIA TECH
RICHMOND, Va. — Governor Timothy M. Kaine today declared a state of emergency in the Commonwealth of Virginia, directing state agencies to take all necessary actions to aid in the response and recovery following today’s shootings at Virginia Tech.

A declaration of emergency allows the Governor to immediately deploy state personnel, equipment, and other resources, and to coordinate state and local response in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy.

“State agencies, including State Police and the Virginia Departments of Health and Emergency Management, are doing everything possible to be of assistance to those who were injured, and those who have lost loved ones in this tragedy,” Governor Kaine said.

The Virginia State Police are on-scene in Blacksburg investigating the shootings in cooperation with local law enforcement. The Department of Health has sent the Chief Medical Examiner and additional personnel to the area to assist with the fatalities. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management has sent staff to the scene to advise and assist local emergency managers and first responders. The Virginia Emergency Operations Center is coordinating state level assistance. In addition, the state will help coordinate crisis counseling assistance for those in need.

Additional information about the recovery at Virginia Tech will be available online at www.vt.edu.

Separately, Governor Kaine has ordered the lowering of the Virginia state flag in honor of those who were killed or injured in today’s shootings


3,997 posted on 04/16/2007 9:13:45 PM PDT by Porterville (All hail the Prophet Gore, an ass dressed in a lion's skin)
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