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Shots fired at Virginia Tech (AP: 33 dead, 15 wounded)
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=248 ^

Posted on 04/16/2007 7:14:16 AM PDT by LexHoskin

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

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; rkba; secondamendment; selfdefense; vatech; virginiatech
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To: CedarDave
Doors in Norris Hall chained from inside, but officer doesn’t know if they were already chained before the incident.

Uh, Fire regs?????

2,081 posted on 04/16/2007 2:05:58 PM PDT by null and void (To Marines, male bonding happens in Boot Camp, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade...)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“The poison of Monty County spread fast.”

We always used to call it “Monkey County,” a holdover from childhood when we couldn’t get our mouths around a big word like “Montgomery.”


2,082 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:29 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: gracesdad

Although I think it could be a jihad, how ‘bout the scenario where the Asian goes to girlfriend’s room to shoot girlfriend and runs into girlfriend’s best friend/roommate. Kills her and then looks for girlfriend across campus?

A shot in the dark but I guessed Crystal Magnum was bi-polar 11 months ago.


2,083 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:42 PM PDT by RecallMoran (Recall Brodhead)
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To: CedarDave

That’s what they have said on the press conf...so- a total of 33.

I’m still amazed to listen to the police say..We are not looking for another shooter...and then...says...we are not certain these two incidents are connected. So? What does that actually mean? They’re going to wait for ballistics to come back?

In the meantime...I’m hearing Katie Couric asking the MOST blaming questions already...”people are saying”...

What a b#$%h.


2,084 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:47 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet & FredFan)
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To: franky1

Hmm. That second paragraph, if true, makes me wonder if the shooting didn’t take place in the “other guy’s” room...might explain why nobody else in that dorm would be able to know who the shooter is. Everything up until now (me included) kind of assumed that the girl was the one that lived in West AJ.

}:-)4


2,085 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:52 PM PDT by Moose4 (What's the difference between Mike Nifong and toast? Right about now, nothing.)
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To: Quix

Those who have arms can protect the rights of others to speak; they can also prevent others from speaking. It all depends on the quality of the wielder.


2,086 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:53 PM PDT by Cyclopean Squid (A Day Late and a Dollar Short)
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To: Miss Marple

He was a reporter. Another reporter with him said this on TV..he was let go in a minute..he was getting too “aggressive” with his questioning according to the other reporter.


2,087 posted on 04/16/2007 2:06:59 PM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: toldyou
That Columbine step-father was Daniel Rorhbaugh (sorry, I know I mangled the spelling) step-dad. He said Danny laid on that sidewalk for 27 hours! Even tho his mother asked for him to be moved, even to do it themselves, the cops said no. Danny's family found out that he was dead when they saw his picture (him on the sidewalk) in the next day's newspaper.

And now I see VT is not planning to release any names till tomorrow. If I were a parent of a student there, I'd be camping in the admin office.

Man, can this Presser get anymore CYA? "Where do you lock them down?" Well, hey, how about radio, IM, etc....when the event happened? Not 2 hours later????

2,088 posted on 04/16/2007 2:07:08 PM PDT by blu (All grammar and punctuation rules are *OFF* for the "24" thread.)
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To: franky1

BBI Fan?


2,089 posted on 04/16/2007 2:07:14 PM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: CedarDave

Hmmmmmm


2,090 posted on 04/16/2007 2:07:41 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD!)
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To: Moose4
And people are now screaming “why wasn’t campus locked down?”

Police are going to hang themselves on this one. The answer is, nobody locks a whole campus down for a murder. That is what they thought they had. I like to second guess people with the best of them, but I don't think I lock down the whole campus on the first incident.

Instead of arguing that, these guys are making the mistake of saying they couldn't lock down the campus because of logistics.
2,091 posted on 04/16/2007 2:07:50 PM PDT by Daus
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To: franky1

If that is accurate that shooting had nothing to do with a girlfriend


2,092 posted on 04/16/2007 2:07:55 PM PDT by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: franky1

Bump to your post.


2,093 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:02 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: mewzilla

Yes the asian looking guy on all fours on the ground was a Virginia Staff reporter for the newspaper . It was Confirmed on msnbc that he was reporting for the newspaper , & it was verfied by someone from the newspaper who the guy was .


2,094 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:24 PM PDT by DvdMom (Impeach Nifong -)
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To: Loyolas Mattman

Of course they need to investigate! WTH? It is a CRIME SCENE! A lover’s quarrell doesn’t explain more the THIRTY dead people! If you were a loved one of a victim, would you expect them to tell you what happened and why, or ould you just shrug and say, “Huh, lover’s quarrel.”


2,095 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:28 PM PDT by Trust but Verify
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To: Julliardsux

If what they’re saying about the police being unable to match fingerprints is true, then we can rule out that student charged with making a pipe bomb and lying about it. His fingerprints would have been on file.

Good work finding that, though.


2,096 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:39 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Loyolas Mattman
"We have drills at VT to practice these type of situations".

Can't believe he said that. Guess the drills have been a total failure.

2,097 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:40 PM PDT by Swanks
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To: Cyclopean Squid
Keeping guns of campus is a place restriction. The type of weaponry could be construed as a manner restriction.

But you ignored the second half of my post. The reason why we have time, place, and manner restrictions is because the act of speech, in and of itself, is harmful to others.

Again, that is simply not present with gun ownership. My owning a gun, in and of itself, is not harmful to anyone, be it in an apartment off-campus or in a dormitory on campus.

I appreciate what you are saying, but your comparison simply is not apt.

2,098 posted on 04/16/2007 2:08:45 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: brytlea

It was stated in the news conference that two people were found shot in a dorm room, and transported to the hospital. Their identities have not been released yet.

I don’t know if they are dead or alive. Maybe another poster could clarify this.


2,099 posted on 04/16/2007 2:09:02 PM PDT by Deo volente
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To: floriduh voter
I saw a guy in custody on all fours and alive. If that wasn’t the shooter who was it?

I heard it was an overaggressive reporter.

2,100 posted on 04/16/2007 2:09:09 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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