[laotzu]

‘Red Alert’...... 5 minutes after finding the dead and wounded at 7AM.

Dead people are found everywhere, everyday. Why should this one have mandated "Red Alert"?

I'm starting to only pester with questions. Sorry.

There was nothing about the 7AM discovery of murder that warranted "Red Alert".

It is heavy, solemn, and hurtful thing to fault another as being responsible for murder. It should be done responsibly; which is not possible the very next day. We don't know anything yet, except journalists/reporters are virtually idiots by definition.

[woodbutcher]

It is heavy, solemn, and hurtful thing to fault another as being responsible for murder. It should be done responsibly; which is not possible the very next day.
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Well said.

A great post.

[over3Owithabrain]

There was nothing about the 7AM discovery of murder that warranted "Red Alert".

How about an armed murderer on the loose, last seen on campus? Oh that's right, Chief Wiggum "assumed" it was domestic, "assumed" it was minor, "assumed" it was secure, "assumed" said killer left the state.

These guys are supposed to be the experts and ready for all scenarios, not just pick one and go with it. They know they f-ed up bigtime, hence all the mumbly double-speak at the press conferences. My guess is the VA Tech prez was tired of the bad PR from the prior shooting last fall and the bomb threats. He wanted to minimize the double murder and pretend it was business as usual. The clean up crew (cops) went along.