stuckincincy Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266310,00.html Police: 22 Dead After Virginia Tech University Shooting Monday, April 16, 2007 BLACKSBURG, Va. — At least 22 are dead after a shooting at Virginia Tech University Monday morning, the campus police chief said. Police said there was only one shooter and he is now dead. They are unsure if the shooter was a student. "Today the university was struck by a tragedy we consider of monumental proportions," Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said during a press conference shortly after noon. "I cannot begin to convey my own personal sense of loss over this senseless, incomprehensible, heinous act." A spokeswoman at Montgomery Regional Hospital said 17 students were being treated there for gunshot wounds, and Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg reports that four people with gunshot wounds were being treated there. Carilion spokeswoman Sharon Honaker said one was in critical condition and three others were stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 absolutely horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Feeling sad and angry at the same time right about now.. Thoughts and prayers to all of the victims families...this story is making me sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Feeling sad and angry at the same time right about now.. Thoughts and prayers to all of the victims families...this story is making me sick Have been to that campus a lot for games as my wife is an alumnus. Wow, just unbelieveable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thats.... fked up. I think thats more people dead than the UT Tower Sniper back in the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molson_golden2002 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Somewhere out there are the copycat killers waiting in the wings. Things like this always have sequals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegm Alley Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just got off the phone with one of my buddies who lives down there and he said that police were pulling files in the admistrative offices of 4 or 5 muslim students that attended VA Tech. Could be BS, but he is updating me periodically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just got off the phone with one of my buddies who lives down there and he said that police were pulling files in the admistrative offices of 4 or 5 muslim students that attended VA Tech. Could be BS, but he is updating me periodically. I hearing, multiple shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I hearing, multiple shooters. Yeah, and I heard on 9/11 that a car bomb went off in front of the State Department and a helicopter crashed into the Potomac. All wrong. Initial reports are always confused, and usually wrong. We won't know what actually happened until late this afternoon or early tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 first questions at the white house briefings are about gun control....wtf.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinandjokin Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 first questions at the white house briefings are about gun control....wtf.. F'in rediculous...Everyone knows it's Marilyn Manson's fault.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 MSNBC--"Police report its one shooter, a young American Male. 2 9mm handguns. Appears to have shot himself after the rampage. Shot in the dorm first and then 2 hours later in a classroom." Damn...prayers to the victims and their families... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Initial reports were 1 dead and several wounded. This is just absolutely terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 We won't know what actually happened until late this afternoon or early tomorrow. Even that may be too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 20+ dead 20+ wonded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/breaking/wb/113294 http://www.roanoke.com/messages/messageLis...=7&MMID=405 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Geez.. I had a girlfriend who is a police officer, and she told me that after Columbine they were trained not to wait for backup but to go right in to this kind of situation. How long a period of time did these shootings take? 42 people shot? Wow...kind of leaves you breathless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 first questions at the white house briefings are about gun control....wtf.. 40+ killed and wounded with a pair of 9mm handguns. I'd say the shooter's gun control was pretty damn good. It would not be entirely unsurprising, either, if someone in the White House press corps had a kid at VA Tech, either. Dumbasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Geez.. I had a girlfriend who is a police officer, and she told me that after Columbine they were trained not to wait for backup but to go right in to this kind of situation. How long a period of time did these shootings take? 42 people shot? Wow...kind of leaves you breathless. Two different incidents, it seems. Shooter shot a couple of people in a dorm, while the police were investigating that he started shooting up a classroom in another building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 We won't know what actually happened until late this afternoon or early tomorrow. I also doubt ALL the facts will be out by this afternoon or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I also doubt ALL the facts will be out by this afternoon or tomorrow. I didn't say we'd know all the facts. I said we'd likely know what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I also doubt ALL the facts will be out by this afternoon or tomorrow. It took them years to publish a psychological profile of the Columbine killers. This story is going to be all over the place before the facts finally come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 msnbc just reported the shooter lined people up and asked if they knew where his girlfriend was. If they answered no, he shot them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 it is being reported the shooter was a young asian american male Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 god , just think if your child was a student . so sad . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 It took them years to publish a psychological profile of the Columbine killers. This story is going to be all over the place before the facts finally come out. Perfect example, Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 32 dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 32 dead? Link? (Can't imagine they just found another 10 bodies at this point.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 32 dead? That would be the headline on Fox...but Fox has never strived for any standard of accuracy or truthfulness from the headlines on their site. I've seen them post fictitious headlines before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah, and I heard on 9/11 that a car bomb went off in front of the State Department and a helicopter crashed into the Potomac. All wrong.Initial reports are always confused, and usually wrong. We won't know what actually happened until late this afternoon or early tomorrow. Reminds me of the Dawson shootings where they initially said there was 3 shooters and 10 dead. Condolences to those who have to go through this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 That would be the headline on Fox...but Fox has never strived for any standard of accuracy or truthfulness from the headlines on their site. I've seen them post fictitious headlines before. I hate to say this but you know some sick people at these news stations want the numbers to be high... Higher number = Ratings. Don't believe me? My friend said when he worked at a major news network..when Pricess Di was killed...people in the newsroom were celebrating and giving high fives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Link? (Can't imagine they just found another 10 bodies at this point.) They're saying 29. http://abcnews.go.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I hate to say this but you know some sick people at these news stations want the numbers to be high... Higher number = Ratings. Don't believe me? My friend said when he worked at a major news network..when Pricess Di was killed...people in the newsroom were celebrating and giving high fives. I don't think they want the numbers to be high as much as they want to be the first with new information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegm Alley Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just got off the phone with my buddy and apparently it was over a girl. He said that his girlfriend was cheating on him with another black male and that is the first shooting that occured in the dorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 They're saying 29. http://abcnews.go.com/ Fug. Maybe some of the "20+ wounded" didn't make it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 That would be the headline on Fox...but Fox has never strived for any standard of accuracy or truthfulness from the headlines on their site. I've seen them post fictitious headlines before. Fox News would be wonderful if only they weren't so incompetent and terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I don't think they want the numbers to be high as much as they want to be the first with new information. That too. Im not saying most of them at media stations are like this...but some of them are sick in the head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Fug. Maybe some of the "20+ wounded" didn't make it.... Man this is beyond tragic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 its being reported he chained the doors to the dorm so noone could escape. What an evil piece of sh--! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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