33 Confirmed Killed in Shooting at VA Tech

[Jester]

Is it confirmed weither he killed himself, or was shot down by the athorities?

[Fledermaus]

Originally Posted by Jester

Is it confirmed weither he killed himself, or was shot down by the athorities?

Yahoo.com just updated their article 1 minute ago. Still no clue as to whether the police shot the murderer or whether he took his own life.

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Jester

Is it confirmed weither he killed himself, or was shot down by the athorities?

CNN just reported that the gunman took his own life. They won't say anything thing else about age or weapons

[iris]

It does sound like a planned terrorist act, but right now it doesn't look like any lofty goals were being served. Maybe this just made him feel important. Maybe he had a jacked up notion of what it means to go down in a blaze of glory.

I just hope people terrorized to the point where they start passing crazy laws or something.

After 9/11 we had a police car parked at every entrance to our school. Now we have security cameras on every building, in every building, and in every parking lot. We beefed up dorm security. We beefed up lab security. We installed automatic building locks. Only people with university ID can drive onto campus between 10:30pm and 6 am. We have conspicuous public emergency phones dotting the campus-- just hit one button to bring the police.

People still get mugged in broad daylight here.

Security precautions are good, but there's no such thing as total security.

[Voltron]

He shot himself in the face, according to MSNBC.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18134671/

[Tinuvielsdreams]

Scary...*Shakes head* The Elementary school I work at was just put on lock down on Friday because someone held up a convenience store right down the block.
Hearing something so huge and scary like this shooting terrifies me...all those poor people...it makes you realize this can happen anywhere and to anyone...*Sigh*

[Swany]

I was watching the news. Apparently the police are being blamed.
They thought he had fled after the first two shootings.

[Mecha Cow]

Terrible. Don't know what else to say, really.

[Raph's Girl]

Aaand the death toll for the shooting has risen to 33.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070416/..._shooting_dc_9

33 dead, 15 wounded according to the above article.

[Kunoichi_Haruko]

Sh*t. I think a mod needs to update the title again...:sigh:

I've been physically ill since the news broke today. This could've just as easily been my campus. In fact, it could've happened anywhere. That's the scariest thought....

[bullet]

we've had people shoot themselves on campus before, but one student to another from my knowledge. but what do you say...and how do you react to something like this...really?

[Katie]

I just can't imagine being so angry or upset that you would take away one...let alone 32...innocents.


poor families. Poor students. We'll probably never know the real motives.

[Revan]

Has anyone heard if they have identified the shooter?

[Katie]

not yet.....they're still trying to figure out what happened and notify everyone

[ThirdMarioBro]

I just saw it on Yahoo. Crazy bastard. This is horrible.

[Voltron]

Guys, if this cannot be discussed in a civil manner, then it will not be discussed at all. If people insist on carrying on arguments in this thread it WILL be locked. If you have issues, take it to PM.

Thank you.

[Jamboree]

a most tragic event. This is getting out of hand now, these school shootings make you second guess living normally sometimes when some idiot can randomly decides he's gonna come out and try to end you.

[Cascadia]

very tragic event. It is apparently that they knew that this was going happen. The university officials did not send an e-mail fast enough to the faculty and students. In 4 days, the 8th anniversary of Columbine is coming up...these images are still very fresh in my mind.

This e-mail was in my mailbox from my current university:

The tragic shootings that occurred this morning at Virginia Tech touch
us all deeply and create a poignant sense of our common ground with
educational institutions throughout the world.

I know you join me in expressing heartfelt sympathy for the Virginia
Tech campus community and all the friends and family affected by this
tragedy.

Let me reassure you that the safety and security of our campus is
of the utmost importance. We are continually working with local
authorities to ensure our readiness for crises. We all must work
together to help prevent such acts of violence from occurring.

[bullet]

i got basically the same deal at my uni.

there's also apparently going to be a mini-forum to discuss the issue and deal with some students' distraught and weary.

[Cascadia]

The campus that I am at is very small (~5,000 students). Plus, nothing really goes in the town that I live in (20,000). I feel much safer here than I did at another university that I attended.