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Old 04-16-2007, 09:50 AM
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Default Va Tech Campus lockdown

Gunman on the loose....classes cancelled. Police telling people to stay inside and away from windows.

6 injurned and 1 confirmed dead.

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Old 04-16-2007, 10:01 AM
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link....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266310,00.html
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Old 04-16-2007, 11:43 AM
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Tragic!!
20 dead, 28 wounded....shooter dead.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vte...ing/index.html
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Old 04-16-2007, 11:50 AM
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22 dead. Sad day.
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Old 04-16-2007, 11:55 AM
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very SAD !! 22 dead, 20 injuried, shooter dead.. campus still locked down.
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Old 04-16-2007, 12:06 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/..._tech_shooting


scary stuff....one of my co-workers wife works at Tech...she is fine.
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Old 04-16-2007, 12:15 PM
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This is horrible yet i'm not shocked. It's a sad commentary on society.
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Old 04-16-2007, 12:21 PM
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Our Regional Managers son goes to Va Tech and I know we have a member on this board who has a son that goes there as well.
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Old 04-16-2007, 12:39 PM
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I've read on a few blogs that the shooter was asian and used 2 9mm's and murdered the victims execution style.

Question: Would you do what this guy says after seeing him murder your classmates? I'd definitely try to communicate with my classmates and try to distract this guy by throwing a desk at him.
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Old 04-16-2007, 12:52 PM
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How terribly awful.
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Old 04-16-2007, 01:00 PM
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This is terrible. RIP to the innocent people killed.
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Old 04-16-2007, 01:07 PM
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from what I am hearing...one of the victims was the gunman's girlfriend.
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Old 04-16-2007, 01:10 PM
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from what I am hearing...one of the victims was the gunman's girlfriend.
Once again, we will have more questions than answers...so terrible! Apparently a single gunman at two sites three hours apart...many questions!
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wow what is this world coming to. very sad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/..._tech_shooting
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Reminds me of the Univ. of Texas shootings many years ago where the gunman shot all those people from the campus clock tower.

Terrible news and very frightening for parents who send their kids away to schools. I guess it can happen on any campus.
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Old 04-16-2007, 01:29 PM
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Now reported...31 fatalities.
I've got tears.
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Old 04-16-2007, 01:30 PM
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31 dead, apparently when the gunman got to the building that housed the classrooms he chain locked the doors of the building,,,,,what is this world coming to!!!
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Old 04-16-2007, 02:17 PM
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31 dead, apparently when the gunman got to the building that housed the classrooms he chain locked the doors of the building,,,,,what is this world coming to!!!

Well AP and CNN report 31 dead, two at Roanoke level one trauma center and four others in surgery at local hospital...29 injured total...some with broken bones from fleeing etc. Simply unbelievable that one person could do this...now the deadliest shooting incident of any kind in US history.
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Old 04-16-2007, 02:33 PM
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Well AP and CNN report 31 dead, two at Roanoke level one trauma center and four others in surgery at local hospital...29 injured total...some with broken bones from fleeing etc. Simply unbelievable that one person could do this...now the deadliest shooting incident of any kind in US history.
Very somber mood around here. This city lives for Va Tech (have seen polls stating 50% of Roanokes population are Tech alums)...many people walking with that dazed look in their eyes.

Very sad day indeed...
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Very somber mood around here. This city lives for Va Tech (have seen polls stating 50% of Roanokes population are Tech alums)...many people walking with that dazed look in their eyes.

Very sad day indeed...
One of the girls they had on was saying she was going back home to Roanoke. How horrible!
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