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Va. Tech gunman called quiet; went to small school
MSNBC.com ^ | 12/10/11 | Bob Lewis, Zinie Chen Sampson/AP

Posted on 12/10/2011 10:29:55 AM PST by ColdOne

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The man who authorities say killed a Virginia Tech police officer was described as a typical college student in many ways, making it difficult to understand why he would commit an armed robbery and then, apparently at random, target the patrolman before killing himself.

The gunman was identified Friday as Ross Truett Ashley, a 22-year-old part-time business student at Radford University, about 10 miles from the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. He first drew authorities'attention Wednesday when, they say, he walked into his landlord's office with a handgun and demanded the keys to a Mercedes-Benz SUV.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; radford; radfordu; vatech; vatechshoot; vatechshooting; virginia
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1 posted on 12/10/2011 10:29:58 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne
described as a typical college student in many ways, making it difficult to understand why he would commit an armed robbery and then, apparently at random, target the patrolman before killing himself.

Final exams are this week. Or find out why he shaved his head. Or have the coroner do a toxicology to find out what he was hyped up on. Or wait a week until the story is updated with all the he killed little animals when he was a kid reports. My question is why these sickos always have to take someone else out with them like the monster who shot her kids over foodstamps.

2 posted on 12/10/2011 10:40:08 AM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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Muslims shave their heads (and in fact, their whole bodies) before they go on their rampages, if they have planned them in advance and it wasn’t just Impulsive Jihad Syndrome.

This guy must have had some reason for picking Virginia Tech, the site of an earlier Muslim rampage, so it might also be worthwhile asking why VT?


3 posted on 12/10/2011 10:57:20 AM PST by livius
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To: ColdOne
Beware, always of quiet people from small town schools, they are a deviant bunch...

What I would like to know is does he own an SUV?

4 posted on 12/10/2011 10:59:34 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: livius

Exactly.


5 posted on 12/10/2011 11:04:26 AM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: ColdOne
Identified perp:


6 posted on 12/10/2011 11:05:24 AM PST by newzjunkey (Republicans will find a way to reelect Obama and Speaker Pelosi.)
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To: ColdOne

“He was a quiet man.”


7 posted on 12/10/2011 11:07:34 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: livius
so it might also be worthwhile asking why VT?

Yeah, that place is more like a post office than a college.

8 posted on 12/10/2011 11:09:51 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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9 posted on 12/10/2011 11:14:58 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: ColdOne
The man who authorities say killed a Virginia Tech police officer was described as a typical college student in many ways, making it difficult to understand why he would commit an armed robbery and then, apparently at random, target the patrolman before killing himself.

Totally ignoring the fact he was screaming Allahu Akbar(according to an eye witness)while firing. I guess that fact doesn't "point to a reason" for the shootings.

10 posted on 12/10/2011 11:17:19 AM PST by calex59
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Deceptively ‘normal’ looking, isn’t he? He probably comes from a ‘normal’ family that has to be devastated. Haven’t read a thing about them.


11 posted on 12/10/2011 11:20:51 AM PST by EDINVA
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“He was a good boy, all the neighbors liked him.” said Ethyllia Fishbreath, 3d grade teacher.


12 posted on 12/10/2011 11:21:15 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: calex59
Totally ignoring the fact he was screaming Allahu Akbar(according to an eye witness)while firing I missed that. Did you have a link?
13 posted on 12/10/2011 11:21:28 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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Yeah, I’d love to see one myself.

Also, Cho wasn’t an Islamist.


14 posted on 12/10/2011 11:29:47 AM PST by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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To: calex59
Totally ignoring the fact he was screaming Allahu Akbar(according to an eye witness)while firing

Are you on the right thread?

15 posted on 12/10/2011 11:30:22 AM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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The mass murderer at Va Tech five years ago was a Korean kid who had been in the USA since early childhood. He was a nut job, but not a Muslim. I had not heard that this latest kid was a Muslim either. He has an old white bread Virginia name and a wholesome All American Boy appearance. I doubt he was Muzzie.
16 posted on 12/10/2011 11:34:11 AM PST by Godwin1
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To: BenKenobi

I re-read the articles I could find at usual sites, nothing.


17 posted on 12/10/2011 11:34:28 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: livius
Muslims shave their heads (and in fact, their whole bodies) before they go on their rampages, if they have planned them in advance and it wasn’t just Impulsive Jihad Syndrome.

That's a possibility that can't be dismissed although, if true, the lamestream media will bury it. The Muzzies are infiltrating our country and targeting non-Arabs to carry out their evil schemes to destroy America.

Another potential skeleton in the closet (no pun intended) of Ross Truett Ashley is that of homosexuality. Sodomites easily become unhinged and are prone to committing atrocious acts. Their deviancy isn't limited merely to sexual abominations.

18 posted on 12/10/2011 11:49:11 AM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: Lancey Howard

Actually, that was Rodney Dangerfield.


19 posted on 12/10/2011 12:18:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ColdOne

Well let’s keep the powder dry and let the facts come out on this case. Thanks.


20 posted on 12/10/2011 12:27:15 PM PST by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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