33 Confirmed Killed in Shooting at VA Tech

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Originally Posted by iris

Yes. There was an escaped convict and there were deaths. My point was that this is a rare event in Blacksburg and it would have gotten their full attention.

How many times does it need to happen before it stops becoming a concern?

Well, yeah, but they they thought he wasn't out there. They had the area of the first shooting on lockdown for a while, until they thought it was safe. They were wrong. There was no way they could have expected a lengthy time window and then a killing sprell.

The point remains the same. This guy had 2 hours to wander around 2,600 acre campus. Authorities might not have known who he was, but if they were putting together the pieces of the first murders, then they would have had some semblance of who this man was, and would have had little to no trouble putting out an APB for this guy. This guy, who, mind you, was walking around campus for two hours.

Where were the security guards? Where was the man-hunt?

I'm not saying those emails were perfectly written. They were lacking. Clearly, someone didn't think of a mass murderer running around campus when they drafted the Emergency Preparedness plans.

I guess I prefer to lay blame with the actual killer, not the university personnel who failed to see into the psyche of a hypothetical killer and plan ahead.

I don't mean to be polemic.

Saying that "They thought he left campus" is the most ridiculous excuse I've ever heard. What irresponsible clod decided this guy left, anyway? Did they check the whole campus? He's a murderer! It's not like a bunch of kittens escaped! The guy killed two people and disappeared. Who knows where he could be? If there was even a chance he was still on campus, then he could've still been on campus. Doesn't anyone subscribe to Murphy's Law?


That's the last I'll say on the matter. I promise.