School Shootings / Security
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007For those of you who might not know, there has been yet another school shooting, this time at Virginia Tech, a University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
At the time of this writing, according to the school’s website, 33 are dead in the wake of this shooting, the highest death toll in a school shooting in the US thus far. 31 of them, including the gunman, died at Noris Hall. The other two died at the dormitory known as West Ambler Johnson Hall.
According to CNN, the shooter used two hand guns, one a .22, the other a 9mm.
The first two murders were committed at about 7:15 a.m. in the West Ambler Johnson Hall dormitory.
About two hours later, a second shooting happened in the Engineering building, Norris Hall.
At 9:26 an e-mail was sent out, warning students to stay where they were on campus, and warning students not on campus not to come to campus.
At about 9:50 a second e-mail was sent out warning students about a gunman on campus.
At 10:17, a Campus Lockdown was initiated.
Soon after, the police stormed Noris hall, and found the doors chained shut.
At about 12:22, the campus has been declared secure.