A real threat or just an hysterical reaction to an open carry?
I wonder if it’s going to be someone with a legally-possessed, licensed, holstered sidearm.
Students were also asked to tie each other up and remain quiet while awaiting whatever happens next.
Perhaps he only wishes to put the beef stroganoff out of its misery...
At 9:09 a.m. three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun. They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort. He was walking fast in the direction of the volleyball courts. He was wearing a blue and white striped shirt (stripes were vertical), gray shorts and brown sandals. The subject had no facial hair or glasses.
Officers responded immediately to the area but found no one matching the description. Police have encountered no other witnesses reporting this individual or anything suspicious. Law enforcement officers from VTPD, Blacksburg PD and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are patrolling the campus, continuing to look for the subject.
I thought guns weren’t allowed on VT campus. Weren’t there signs posted??? I mean c’mon, don’t people read and obey signs anymore?
>>>Tech asking people on campus to stay inside, secure doors. <<<
Is it just me, or would “Load your weapons and be alert.” be a more useful message?
Shut down an entire campus for hours on the possibility that someone might have seen someone with a gun? Irrational and crazy.
I believe that the Virginal Attorney General just ruled that Virginia public universities could not legally prevent people who could legally carry a gun from carrying it on campus.
After reading the libs for the last couple of weeks I was gonna put my money on it being a hoax as soon as they quickly put out a description of a “white male.” They should hunt down the caller and interogate them for suspicious behavior of being a liberal moonbat with a crazy racialist agenda.
What is it with V-T?
Seems like there’s been more issues with guns on that one campus than any other one I know of.
Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but this sounds like a good thing to me.
“They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort. He was walking fast in the direction of the volleyball courts.”
Are there tennis courts near the volleyball courts? Could be he was carrying a tennis racket under the towel?
In the VA Tech massacre, Seung-Hui Cho murdered the first half a dozen victims or so. VA Tech’s gun policy killed the rest.
More info: http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/aug/04/gunman-reported-near-va-tech-dining-hall-ar-1217859/
Is there a gun under that cloth or are you just happy to see us?
“Va. Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said that the three children were interviewed, and that the information they gave was deemed credible.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/04/virginia-tech-on-lockdown-after-reports-gunman-near-campus/