p2pnet - rss feed: Murder spree at Virginia Tech
p2pnet.net OT news:- We’ve just been told more than 20 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at Virginia Tech in in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Two shootings on campus today have left 22 confirmed dead, including students,” says a statement on the school site, going on:
Families wishing to reunite with students are suggested to meet at the Inn at Virginia Tech. The university is planning a convocation for tomorrow at noon at Cassell Coliseum for the university community to come together to begin to deal with the tragedy.
Counseling is available in the Bowman Room in the Merriman Center (part of the athletic complex) for employees who seek assistance following today’s events.
All faculty and staff have been released and asked to go home effective immediately.
The university will open tomorrow at 8 a.m. but classes are cancelled.
There’s a 3.1 mb podcast of a statement by school VP Charles W. Steger here. We had trouble downloading it, so we’ve posted another copy here.
Said Steger:
The university was struck today with a tragedy of monumental proportions. There were two shootings on campus. In each case, there were fatalities. The university is shocked and horrified that this would befall our campus. I want to extend my deepest, sincerest and most profound sympathies to the families of these victims which include students There are 22 confirmed deaths.
We currently are in the process of notifying families of victims. The Virginia Tech Police are being assisted by numerous other jurisdictions. Crime scenes are being investigated by the FBI, University Police, and State Police. We continue to work to identify the victims impacted by this tragedy. I cannot begin to covey my own personal sense of loss over this senselessness of such an incomprehensible and heinous act The university will immediately set up counseling centers. So far centers have been identified in Ambler Johnston and the Cook Counseling Center to work with our campus community and families.
Here are some of the facts we know:
At about 7:15 a.m. this morning a 911 call came to the University Police Department concerning an event in West Ambler Johnston Hall. There were multiple shooting victims. While in the process of investigating, about two hours later the university received reports of a shooting in Norris Hall. The police immediately responded. Victims have been transported to various hospitals in the immediate area in the region to receive emergency treatment.
We will proceed to contact the families of victims as identities are available.
All classes are cancelled and the university is closed for the remainder of today. The university will open Tuesday at 8 a.m. but classes are cancelled. The police are currently staging the release of people from campus buildings.
Families wishing to reunite with the students are suggested to meet at the Inn at Virginia Tech. We are making plans for a convocation tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon at Cassell Coliseum for the university community to come together to begin to deal with the tragedy.
(Thanks, Jay)
Also See:
Virginia Tech - Shootings close campus; gunman deceased, April 14, 2007
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April 16th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I go to Virginia Tech, and I can honestly say that the atmosphere here is one of disruption and some remorse, although it is far from panic. I personally wasn’t in the area at the time (although I was in a nearby building on campus), but I know someone who says that they were, and he was pretty messed up by the experience. Everybody else here is now either watching the news with everybody else or just trying to enjoy their day off.
April 16th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
“He” who? More info!
April 16th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
If you live in a culture that allows people to walk into a gun shop and legally buy an assault weapon and one that glorifies violence on TV and in movies what do you expect? Add a heath care system that provides limited access for people with mental health problems and you have a recipe for disaster.
April 16th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
If a sane member of the student body or faculty also had a gun, he or she could have put an end to the massacre. Blaming a weapon for the massacre is like blaming silverware for Rosie O’Donnell being fat. I do agree with you that violence-glorifying media probably had a role.
There was less violence in the so called Wild West than there is today, and many more people back then carried guns.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Not to mention that it’s only the philosophical nihilism taught in academia that supports this sort of thing.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
At 9:29 a.m., the university sent an e-mail warning students that a gunman was on the loose and to stay indoors. At about that time, a shooter opened fire at the engineering school’s Norris Hall, killing 31 people. Several students leapt to safety from upper stories, and the gunman’s body was later found at the building, Flinchum said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aAKifvGPB.io&refer=us
April 16th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
“He” being my friend. He doesn’t want to talk about it right now though, so I can’t detail much about what happened.