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

[bray]

He couldn’t find a softer target yet so damaging to our psych by killing our young students. This was so well planned is what makes it look like a military/terrorist attack.

Perhaps that is why the police are so confused. If the first murder was a diversion along with the bomb threats as well as the mass deaths/suicide just points that direction.

Pray for W and Va Tech

[dragnet2]

He did that early afternoon after finding out about the shootings. It’s to bring additional state resources to the investigation, and for identification of the victims. CNN’s very late in reporting this.

Just read on another thread this was due to flooding? Seems everything about this story has a degree of confusion associated with it.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

That is my fear as well.

MOgirl

[RDTF]

It doesn’t make a lot of sense. Of course, as I watch 24, I am thinking hmmm maybe her and he had a plan to do this and she didn’t follow thru as planned so he showed up and went nuts. Ok enough TV.

[floriduh voter]

my 2899. LE didn't secure the first crime scene properly or they would have noted the perp wasn't in the bldg. They cannot have it both ways. 1. earlier they said he was in the dorm. 2. tonight: they said they thought he left, maybe the state.

WELL, WHICH IS IT?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Remember that when the one WTC building was hit by an airplane, they didn’t immediately evacuate the other WTC tower.

[silentknight]

Yes I agree to the below

I dont get it then. If this was a quarrel between them why do bomb threats to test security???

I dont get it then. If this was a quarrel between them why do bomb threats to test security???

[glock rocks]

I guess I’d rather die fighting than let someone pick me off.

I don't think we should be dissing the victims.

Personally, I'd be attempting to press my fingers through the retinas of the shooter... but that's just my opinion. I don't get the impression that Twink meant any disrespect to those involved, and her sentiment is in line with the NRA's Refuse to be a Victim courses. Just my .02 ...

[oceanview]

yes.

one aspect of it I have not heard explained - the location of the first shooting required card key access to get into according to one report I heard (??), how did the chinese national get in there?

[floriduh voter]

Chinese National - may be there are diplomatic concerns. Not for me but for U.S.

[nw_arizona_granny]

I got the impression that the video is the one they are counting the gunshots on, that is being played on tv.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

“I’m willing to be patient regarding the investigation.”

Absolutely. Tonight will be a lot of fog of war, CYA, doublespeak and over caffeinated spokesmen saying very odd things.

[oceanview]

oh.

but you have to believe that some of the students in those classrooms, had cell phone cams also.

[buccaneer81]

I swear, everything that happens in the world could, at least by people on Free Republic, be construed as an act of terrorism by a Muslim extremist. It seems like some people automatically assume that the perpetrator is Muslim and then look for ways to tie that together, such as speculating that the hat was Muslim-related and that, if he was Chinese, then he was a Chinese Muslim.

And why the hell shouldn't it? Wake up man! The Beltway snipers were Muzzies. The UNC driver was a Muzzie. John Doe # 2 in OKC is most likely Jose Padilla, a Muzzie.

Care to defend the murderous death cult any more?

[2ndClassCitizen]

And publicly, I did not mean to judge you or your posts. There is no accusation from me that you dissed any victim. This is a horrible situation. Again, if I accidentally stated that you dissed the victims, please accept my apology. I meant nothing of the sort. I only meant to say that the victims are the most precious reminders of all that is most important to all of us. Their lives and the shortness of their lives are reminders of that which is most precious to all of us.

[combat_boots]

Who was the professor that was shot in the face?

Also, I have been looking at the course offerings in Norris Hall and the East Ambler Johnson Hall. If the course was offered between 10 and noon, what was the title of the course that had the doors shut and the lecture going on?

Please note that I have been researching Judaic Studies, History classes in Israel and the Middle East, Hebrew and International Studies and Economics.

Does anyone have any contacts with this info? Since this is Israel’s Holocaust...Day, could there be a connection?

Or, was this an engineering class?

[AdrianR]

If this guy was here on a student visa, State would have taken prints from two of his fingers during the app process.

Student visa, or any other type of visa, all foreigners get fingerprinted when they apply for visa and, for second time, when they enter US. If he's a foreigner and didn't walk over Mexico-US border, they must have his fingerprints.

[bray]

He could have easily walked in as someone walked out or told them he forgot his card. Easy to get past a card lock. I doubt he knew the girl at all and used this as a diversion.

Pray for W and Va Tech

[gpapa]

They will not release that info until the ballistics study is completed, finger prints are analyzed and they have tried to recover the serial number information. In addition, releasing that info too soon would make it harder to trace the source of the firearms.