Shots fired at Virginia Tech (AP: 33 dead, 15 wounded)

http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=248 ^

[LexHoskin]

Gunman on Campus; Stay inside your building, away from windows; Shooting incident at West Ambler Johnston Hall

[Petronski]

I wonder if Rudy and Handgun Control Inc will use this for fundraising and gungrabbing propaganda.

[killjoy]

...no idea of first aid for bullet wounds. Or, it could result in death due to shock

Um... same same. :)

[Moose4]

He could’ve shot the first victim and then immediately bolted out of the dorm and lost himself in all the students moving around. Tech is a BIG campus, and if he got far enough away from West AJ by the time the police arrived, he could have enough time to get to Norris. The two buildings are on opposite sides of campus and quite far apart.

}:-)4

[Dianna]

i've been present during two armed robberies... the first was at a jewelry store i worked at... the other was at a hair salon--i was getting my hair done for a wedding i was in later that day... they occured about 10 years apart... i ran out of the building both times...

I'll bet you weren't thinking or planning at all! I think most untrained (meaning not military, police, etc) people just react. I'd like to think I'd be brave, but maybe I'd stand there, wetting myself, and allow someone to just shoot me.

[tcrlaf]

Wasn’t the Salt Lake City Sudden Jihad Killer first identified as “Asian”?

[Bahbah]

I am stunned.

[ex-NFO]

“I think students shouldn’t be allowed to carry guns on campus”

Yeah, that worked out real well today.

[varina davis]

I don’t know if it’s the same person, but there is a “william morva” with a MySpace site:

http://www.myspace.com/ME24060

[353FMG]

That’s what happens when the good guys are not allowed to arm themselves so that the bad guys can go rampant.

[RSmithOpt]

No mention of a name either by any chance if they really knew the perp?

[Mo1]

These kids were sitting ducks with no one able to fight back

They had to wait

Gun bill gets shot down by panel (VA Tech - On Drudge)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818224/posts

[Postman]

I agree with you on that specific issue. Whether or not that makes you - or me - an advocate of gun control remains to be seen.

[Pub Linkser--80]

That’s a ridiculous statement from the police. IMO, there’s almost zero chance that two serious shootings on a campus at the same time are unrelated.

[twntaipan]

Maybe, but student witnesses say they saw an armed Asian enter Norris Hall with either clips or “bandoliers”. Either way, somehow this guy evaded police detection for more than an hour.

That seems suspect, and easily leads one to conclude a second shooter.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Student reporting by phone on Fox, that shooter went into Norris and had chained the doors to the outside, so people couldn't get in. Then went from classroom to classroom shooting.

Has no idea of the ID of shooter, not sure he was even a student.

[keeper53]

Does anyone have a link to a live feed?

Thanks in advance.
Also, is AppyPappy okay?
Have to catch up on this thread....

thanks all,
keeper
~prayers lifted for survivors , all families and loved ones~

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Doesn’t fit the profile. A “martyr” would have gone into freshman history with 200 students and blown themselves up.

Ali Abu Kamal didn't fit that profile either. Which means the profile is most likely a fallacy.

[dfwgator]

IMHO if it were Al Qaeda you would have seen simultaneous attacks across multiple universities. That would cause maximum effect, as you would have to close down every single campus in this country, even if only a few are attacked.

[SubGeniusX]

Ever since the Trolley Square shooting, the lone gunman fits the islamic profile.

so... 1 instance makes a profile .... I do not think that word means what you think it means ...

[Mad-Margaret]

MSNBC running NOW the interview again with the student is was shot.