Déjà Vu: Virginia Tech Campus Shooting Reported Today, Police Officer Shot — Update: Two Killed (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on December 8, 2011
Gunshots have been reported at Virginia Tech campus, at least one police officer has been shot
Nearly five years ago, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia was the site of a horrific, bloody massacre of 33 people, including the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho. The deranged Cho also wounded 25 others. That massacre was the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in all of U.S. history.
The shooting report today at the Virgina Tech school’s campus has a dreadful déjà vu feel to it.
Little information is yet available, but the spotty reports at this point affirm that a police officer has been shot and that gunshots have come from the coliseum parking lot, so students and staff have been warned to remain inside.
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Two people now reported dead, one of whom is a campus police officer… UPDATED 1:11 pm MST:
Virginia Tech reports a campus police officer and a second person have been killed in a shooting at the university. The suspect remains at large.
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Director of news and information for the university, Mark Owczarski says the police officer who was killed was a campus officer. He says the identity of the second victim has not been determined.
He says the shooting occurred during a traffic stop at the Coliseum Parking Lot. He says witnesses saw the officer being shot at that location. Owczarski says the shooter fled on foot and headed toward Cage, a student parking lot. Police responding to the initial shooting found the second victim dead at the second location.
Owczarski says most students were indoors today studying for exams that begin Friday.
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Chicago Tribune has been updating on this breaking story as more information becomes available —
BLACKSBURG, Va.— UDPATED 1:10 p.m.: There is another crime scene near the Duck Pond.
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UPDATED 1:00 p.m.: NEWS7 reporter Karen Kiley is reporting that a police officer is the one who has been shot.
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There is a report of gun shots on the campus of Virginia Tech.
According to Virginia Tech’s Twitter feed, the shooting was in the Coliseum Parking Lot.
The alert is telling people to stay inside and secure doors.
Here is a copy of the alert:
“Gun shots reported- Coliseum Parking lot. Stay Inside. Secure doors. Emergency personnel responding. Call 911 for help.”
Here is a copy of the suspect’s description from Virginia Tech’s Twitter feed:
“Suspect described as white male, gray sweat pants, gray hat w/neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack. On foot towards McComas. Call 911.”
From MSNBC, Shots fired at Virginia Tech; officer reported shot:
Shots were reported fired at Virginia Tech on Thursday morning and campus officials warned everyone to seek shelter, and local media reported one police officer was shot.
A suspect was described as a white male wearing gray sweat pants, a gray hat with a neon green brim, a maroon hoodie, and carrying a backpack.
A Virginia Tech alert said the suspect was last seen walking toward McComas Hall, which is the main gym on campus, about two blocks from Lane Stadium.
Thirty-three people, including the mentally-ill gunman, were killed on the Virginia Tech campus in April 16, 2007 in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The massacre in a classroom building began at 9:40 a.m. when Seung-Hui Cho chained the doors and killed dozens before committing suicide.
Video recap of the Virginia Tech massacre from April 2007:
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