Virginia Tech shootings 12-8-2011: Two killed, suspect at large

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A suspect remained at large Thursday afternoon on the campus of Virginia Tech after a police officer and at least one other person were shot dead, the university said.During a traffic stop on campus, the suspect shot and killed a Virginia Tech police officer and then fled on foot through a nearby parking lot.A second person was later found dead in that parking lot, the university said.The university said the status of the shooter was unknown and the school remained on lockdown.A university...Read Full Story

Police Report that Virginia Tech Gunman Has Been Found Dead

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A police officer was shot and killed early this afternoon on Virginia Tech's campus during a routine traffic stop, putting the campus on lockdown for several hours. The suspect fled the scene, and police later found another body in another part of campus.   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.  NBC is reporting that the second body is believed to be the suspect, and that the recovered weapon was his own, but police wouldn't comment on that at press conference Thursday...Read Full Story

The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single) (Kindle Singles)

By khakanom on  From nattavutt.blogspot.com
The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single) (Kindle Singles) Wesley Yang (Author), n+1 (Author) Download: $1.99 196 used & new from $1.99(Visit the Most Wished For in Kindle Singles list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Review & Description"The perpetrator of the largest mass murder in American history was an Asian boy who wrote poems, short stories, a novel, and plays." Wesley Yang, the author of controversial New York Magazine cover story "Paper Tigers," first...Read Full Story

The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single)

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The Face of Seung-Hui Cho (Kindle Single) Wesley Yang (Author), n+1 (Author) Download: $1.99 196 used & new from $1.99(Visit the Most Wished For in Kindle Singles list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Review & Description"The perpetrator of the largest mass murder in American history was an Asian boy who wrote poems, short stories, a novel, and plays." Wesley Yang, the author of controversial New York Magazine cover story "Paper Tigers," first addressed the...Read Full Story

Cho Seung Hui sent package to NBC News between shootings

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At 9am Cho sent a package of video and pictures to NBC News.  The material shows Cho, the gunman in the Virginia Tech school shootings, holding a knife, hammer, and bullets - as well as pointing his gun at the camera.  “This may be a very new, critical component of this investigation,” said Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of Virginia State Police, the lead agency investigating the shootings.  “We’re in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evaluate its worth.”Investigators...Read Full Story

Glock Handgun, the same type used by the gunman

Glock Handgun, the same type used by the gunman

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Documentary about Virginia Tech shootings held at Reel
“I think gun violence affects everyone on some level,” Kara Lieff, Temple’s representative for React ... Goddard shares details of how he was shot four times by Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho, as well as his post-college work with ...  
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Virginia Tech Shootings
Daily MailVirginia Tech ShootingsWashington PostLeft to right, Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech, university spokesman Larry Hincker, and campus Police Chief Wendell Flinchum address the media. Customers at a local Blacksburg restaurant watch the NBC Nightly News which released video ...Virginia Tech victims' families spur insurance inquiryRoanoke Timesall 168 news articles »  
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Universities' emergency alert systems evolve after Virginia Tech shootings...
With an armed robber reported on the Tempe campus in December, an Arizona State University system provided text-message alerts, complemented by email blasts, Facebook posts and tweets, until the threat had passed. “Stay vigilant,” the final alert said ...  
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Virginia Tech shootings inspire new legislation introduced by Sen. Menendez...
NEWARK — On the fifth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez announced new legislation that would significantly stiffen the penalty on schools that fail to provide timely information about crimes on their campuses.  
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Virginia Tech Shootings Remembered 5 Years After
Monday marks the 5th anniversary of when a gunman took 32 lives on the Virginia Tech campus. And for the first time since the mass killings, students will attend class on April 16. Hayley Finch, a Charlottesville woman who was a student at the time of the ...  
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Virginia Tech Shootings: School marks 5 years since massacre
April 16, 2012 (BLACKSBURG, Va.) -- Students were headed to class Monday at Virginia Tech, the first year the school hasn't suspended instruction to mark the anniversary of a 2007 rampage that left 32 people and the gunman dead. The massacre was the ...  
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Memorial 5K Run marks the 5th anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings...
The race was established within days after the event because of Jeremy’s strong interest in running. Starting and ending outside of the Intramural Building on Curtin Road, the race passed through Beaver Stadium, University Drive and Pollock Road.  
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Victim of Virginia Tech shootings takes gun control message to Capitol Hill...
Colin Goddard talked to congressional leaders in Washington ... when 32 more Americans are going to be killed from gunfire is not the time, which day is the time," Goddard asked. A documentary film about Goddard surviving the shooting, and ...  
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DOE decision on Virginia Tech shootings provides colleges and universities...
In a recent decision issued on March 29, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)’s Chief Administrative Law Judge Ernest C. Canellos overturned a finding that the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) violated the Clery ...  
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Letter: Remember Virginia Tech
And once again the House Representatives are completely ignoring law enforcement ... How ironic that this new push should come on the fifth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. Do our lawmakers really think that students and employees ...  
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Podcasts from April 17th news conference:

President Steger
(3.2 MB; Length 3:22)

Police Chief Wendell Flinchum
(2.7 MB; Length 2:52)

State Police Col. Steve Flaherty
(3.2 MB; Length 3:23)

State Medical Examiner Marcella Fierro
(1.6 MB; Length 1:43)

State Secretary of Public Safety John Marshall
(3.1 MB; Length 3:20)
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