Va. Tech shooting: Blacksburg locked down, 2 dead
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:12 pm
Virginia Tech, site of America's worst school shooting four years ago, says a police officer and another person have been shot dead on campus.
It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer.
The Blacksburg campus is on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors.
The suspect was said to be a white male in grey tracksuit bottoms, grey hat with neon green brim and maroon hoodie.
Virginia Tech said on its website: "Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall.
"During the traffic stop. the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.
"Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased."
In April 2007, 32 people died when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself.
Virginia Tech, which has about 30,000 students, implemented a highly advanced security alert system after that massacre.
It was fined in March this year for not reacting quickly enough to the massacre.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16099552
It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer.
The Blacksburg campus is on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors.
The suspect was said to be a white male in grey tracksuit bottoms, grey hat with neon green brim and maroon hoodie.
Virginia Tech said on its website: "Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall.
"During the traffic stop. the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.
"Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased."
In April 2007, 32 people died when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself.
Virginia Tech, which has about 30,000 students, implemented a highly advanced security alert system after that massacre.
It was fined in March this year for not reacting quickly enough to the massacre.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16099552
