Posted on 01/21/2009 5:26:04 PM PST by TaxRelief
No details yet. Alert sent to all students:
VT Police have confirmed a murder in the Graduate Life Center. A suspect is in custody. Stay where you are and stay vigilant. Stay away for GLC. 8:16pm
Naw, just keep it on Fox.
Hokies beat #1!
BTTT !
Even though this latest guy used a knife--remember, never bring a knife to a gun fight!
No, that site’s not loading from here, either.
Dang it. And of course here the kids can’t have a handgun under 21 much less carry on a campus. I can only carry to pick her up or visit in car. In a red state no less.
RRRRRR
It probably can’t handle the traffic. Try it again tomorrow.
Oh no.....
Please God, not another one...
This isn’t possible. Doesn’t everyone know that guns are prohibited on VPI campus?
Well, it was a knife.
Prayers for all ...
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A fatal stabbing on Virginia Tech campus has triggered a crisis alert system that was revamped after a deadly mass shooting there in 2007.
Students were warned at 7:44 p.m. Wednesday to stay in place in an alert sent by e-mail and text message. After a suspect was taken into custody, students were told about an hour later they could resume normal activity.
The killing took place at the Graduate Life Center. University spokesman Mark Owczarski tells the Richmond Times-Distpatch that the suspect is male and that police found a knife they believe was the murder weapon.
Asian. I called it
I just found this at their web site:
Suspect in custody following murder at Graduate Life Center
By Larry Hincker
BLACKSBURG, Va., January 21, 2009 — On Wednesday, Jan 21, at 7:06 p.m., Virginia Tech Police received a 911 call reporting that a female was being assaulted in the cafe at the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson-Brown (the Au Bon Pain restaurant located on the first floor).
Upon arrival at 7:10 p.m., officers encountered the suspect at the crime scene. He was immediately taken into custody.
The suspect is an Asian male graduate student.
The victim is an Asian female graduate student.
The murder weapon, a knife, was left at the scene and retrieved by police.
Virginia Tech Police are currently interviewing witnesses. Preliminary indication is that the victim and the suspect knew each other.
If you have any information related to this case, please contact the Virginia Tech Police at 540-231-6411.
As additional information is available, it will be posted to the Virginia Tech homepage.
Contact Larry Hincker at hincker@vt.edu or (540) 231-5396.
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Link is here:
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2009&itemno=38
Thanks for finding that news story.
I know I’m “not young”, but I remember having both my shotgun and my rifle in my closet in my apartment during my College days. I thought absolutely nothing about it. It was however off-campus.
This was a West Texas State University, between 1966 and 1970.
Had a single incident that I found a need for them, other than hunting.
Lost a roommate mid-semester, and had to pick up another who I would not have chosen otherwise. He and some of his drunk cowboy friends came into the apartment one night, woke me and proceeded to threaten me and pour beer one me. When they were distracted for a moment I reached into the closet and pulled out the 20 gauge, and when I slammed the breech shut, they scattered like a covey of quail. I had no more problems after that. Needless to say the roommate left soon.
Enough of college stories.
Thanks, Cicero.
No kidding. Someone got shot with a knife?
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