Virginia Tech alerts of possible gun shots on campus

[dbk]

"Suspect described as white male, gray sweat pants, gray hat w/neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack. On foot towards McComas. Call 911"

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Live updates from Collegiate Times Twitter Feed

Reuters: FLASH: Two killed in shooting at Virginia Tech -University spokesman

UPDATED 1:25 p.m.: Blacksburg Transit has been suspended.

UPDATED 1:14 p.m.: Virginia Tech has confirmed a police officer has been shot. A second victim is reported in the Cage Lot.

UDPATED 1:10 p.m.: There is another crime scene near the Duck Pond.

UPDATED 1:00 p.m.: NEWS7 reporter Karen Kiley is reporting that a police officer is the one who has been shot.

 

[gophins72]

again?!?!

 

[rcpratt]

Oh, lovely.

 

[mnewsham]

was reading an article about VT shooting in '07 this morning...

 

[halik]

white guy this time, AZNs got their fix

 

[dbk]

hopefully it's just a false alarm...

 

[eits]

not again...

 

[rcpratt]

The siblings are safe in their apartments, although I doubt anything will come of this.

 

[MotF Bane]

ffs, not another one.

 

[rcpratt]

Officer shot, apparently.

"This was a traffic stop on campus," Williams said, adding "It was not someone walking around firing shots."

 

[dbk]

oh crap..

 

[IceBergSLiM]

These are the terrorists we've been warned about. White males, average joe's

 

[shortylickens]

Am glad I picked NOVA instead.
Next year its GMU. Hopefully I dont get killed.
Or worse, lose my fapping hand.

 

[Cuda1447]

Wow, at Va. Tech again? What are the odds?

 

[dbk]

2nd shot victim reported

 

[rcpratt]

Second victim at the Cage apparently? Hmm.

 

[rcpratt]

The Fox news headline says the officer was "shot dead," although there's absolutely nothing about that in the story. Fox, who knows.

 

[amddude]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=9365

 

[Zeze]

white guy this time, AZNs got their fix

white male, gray sweat pants, gray hat w/neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack."

 

[dbk]

The Fox news headline says the officer was "shot dead," although there's absolutely nothing about that in the story. Fox, who knows.

a witness was on CNN just now and saying he saw someone being resuscitated.. could have been the officer.
Twitter picture from OP link shows a body on the ground covered in sheet...

 

[rcpratt]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=9365

Thanks, awesome.

Just said shots fired at performing arts building?

 

[dbk]

via @CollegiateTimes "Police entering performance arts building on College Ave. One person surrendered. Another apparently at large...

Person who surrendered was wearing gray shirt and jeans. Unsure if he was suspect"

 

[Wyndru]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/08/reports-of-shots-fired-at-virginia-tech/?hpt=hp_t3
CNN has some updates:

[Updated 1:39 p.m. ET] Sirens were heard around the Virginia Tech campus Thursday, and rescue workers were trying to resuscitate a person who was on the ground, school employee Brian Walls told CNN. The school was on lockdown after shots were reported, and the school's website said a police officer was shot.
[Updated 1:16 p.m. ET] A police officer has been shot on or near the campus of Virginia Tech, the university's website says. A possible second victim is reported down in a parking lot and the suspect is at large, the website says.
Classes for the semester ended Wednesday. Students were preparing Thursday for final exams.
[Posted 1:01 p.m. ET] The campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg is on lockdown after a report of shots being fired on the campus.
The suspected shooter is described as a white male wearing gray sweat pants, a gray hat with a neon green brim and a maroon hoodie and carrying a backpack, according to the university's website.

 

[dbk]

ok the guy who surrendered is not the shooter

 

[rcpratt]

Shots near Torgerson.