Locking down may be a bit much to ask, but issuing a warning is a reasonable step. I live near a prison; if there’s an escape, the entire area gets immediate notice. Also, let’s suppose a shooting happens tomorrow morning in a Federal building in DC; do you think a warning will be given to all other Federal buildings in DC to increase security? I say, yes. DC is much bigger than VT.
Also, I think it is beyond dispute that the police at VT made a mistake when they assumed the shooter left campus. If they’d taken a dog out, they could have tracked this guy back to his dorm well before the next shootings began.
If they’d taken a dog out, they could have tracked this guy back to his dorm well before the next shootings began.
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Does VT or Blacksburg have a dog?
I think the dog I saw was a state police dog.
How far away was he based?
If, If If If......If’s work better if you know some facts.
Where is the dog and the dog handler based? Were they at the ready or already working on something else on the other end of the jurisdiction?
Facts. They are so inconvenient.
That actually could have been possible, given the fact that the murderer was only a 10 minute stroll away, sitting in his dorm room, reloading magazines, or writing notes.
They walked off the distance. He was a ten minute walk from the initial double murder scene.
My point was earlier, the response should have been massive with an outstanding double murderer on campus, and lack of reason to assume he just left the campus.
Remember, there had already been several recent bomb threats at this facility. It should have been reasonable to assume that there could possibly have been other victims elsewhere on campus, or that the gunman could have taken hostages in a nearby building.
I am not trying to appoint blame here. I just think they could have, and should have done much more in regards to their initial response to a double murder, where the suspect was still outstanding, without any reason to assume he left the campus.
I must add, it's possible we may find out later, that they were detaining or chasing the wrong suspect and they possibly might have thought they had their man, or were chasing a lead, down the wrong trail.
Police would have been at the shooters dorm room 10 minutes after the arrival of the dog.
Would have never finished the note.
30 plus victims would not be victims.