Post by ohno666 on Apr 16, 2007 16:41:57 GMT -5
Gunman kills 31 at US university
A gunman has gone on the rampage at the campus of Virginia Tech university in Virginia, US, killing at least 31 people and injuring another 10.
Police say there were two separate shooting incidents - at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a student dormitory, and Norris Hall, an engineering building.
Police say they believe there was one gunman and that he is dead.
After the deadliest shooting at a US school, President George W Bush said the US was "shocked and saddened".
"Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community," he added.
The state university in the town of Blacksburg is home to 26,000 students.
Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum said that emergency services had received a call at 0715 (1215 GMT) alerting them to a multiple shooting at West Ambler Johnston Hall.
He said that two hours later there was a second report of shooting, this time at Norris Hall.
Eyewitnesses locked down inside the university buildings have been using the internet to try to glean information about what is happening and many have emailed the BBC News website.
Nikolas Macko was in a mathematics class in Norris Hall when they heard a series of loud bangs in the hallway which prompted a female student sitting near the door to move to close it.
Rest of article at BBC
This is so sad
I don't want to go to college anymore.
A gunman has gone on the rampage at the campus of Virginia Tech university in Virginia, US, killing at least 31 people and injuring another 10.
Police say there were two separate shooting incidents - at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a student dormitory, and Norris Hall, an engineering building.
Police say they believe there was one gunman and that he is dead.
After the deadliest shooting at a US school, President George W Bush said the US was "shocked and saddened".
"Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. When that sanctuary is violated, the impact is felt in every American classroom and every American community," he added.
The state university in the town of Blacksburg is home to 26,000 students.
Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum said that emergency services had received a call at 0715 (1215 GMT) alerting them to a multiple shooting at West Ambler Johnston Hall.
He said that two hours later there was a second report of shooting, this time at Norris Hall.
Eyewitnesses locked down inside the university buildings have been using the internet to try to glean information about what is happening and many have emailed the BBC News website.
Nikolas Macko was in a mathematics class in Norris Hall when they heard a series of loud bangs in the hallway which prompted a female student sitting near the door to move to close it.
Rest of article at BBC
This is so sad
I don't want to go to college anymore.
I can't seem to wrap my brain around such senseless carnage! I feel numb just hearing about what happened. I think of the people who just went to class today, like any other day, and now they're dead. The heartache for the families and friends who lost them is something I can't even imagine. I don't think I could cope with news like that about someone I love. To be honest I can't cope with it over people I don't know. I have such a heavy heart right now and it's not the last time something like this will happen. It's happened before and it will happen again 
