Virginia Tech suffered the worst school shooting in US history. On April 16th 2007 a gunman began a shooting spree on the Virginia Tech campus, killing more than 20 people. The gunman was eventually killed. Details of the shooting can be...
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Virginia Tech suffered the worst school shooting in US history. On April 16th 2007 a gunman began a shooting spree on the Virginia Tech campus, killing more than 20 people. The gunman was eventually killed. Details of the shooting can be collected here, with breaking news and pictures of the campus reaction.
Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. One student survived several hours after being shot without anyone notifying her family until she had died, said the updated report, released Friday. At least two officials with a crisis response... Read Full Story
An update to a state report on the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech now says university officials locked down a few buildings and some informed their own family members about the initial killings before a campuswide alert was issued. The revision, which was made public Friday, also adds details about Seung-Hui Cho's (sung-wee joh) troubling behavior and information from his mental health records. Cho killed 32 people before fatally shooting himself. Gov. Timothy Kaine asked for the revision... Read Full Story
Va. Tech report: Staff warned their families first
BLACKSBURG, Va. – At least two Virginia Tech administrators told family members about a double shooting in a dorm — the prelude to the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history — well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose.
Those details were revealed in a revised state report released Friday and prompted bitter reactions from some victims’ relatives who have been demanding the resignation of President... Read Full Story
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Some Virginia Tech administrators warned their families and ordered the president’s office locked well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose, according to a revised state report on the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
Virginia’s governor called some of the administrators’ actions “inexcusable,” and some victims’ relatives who have been demanding the resignation... Read Full Story
This week a commission investigating the campus shootings that killed more than 30 people in April 2007 at Virginia Tech released an addendum updating an earlier report to the state's governor. The findings reported in the 210-page document are disturbing. In the three hours between the initial killing by Seung-Hui Cho of two students in a dorm and his massacre of 30 more people in a classroom building, campus administrators made several errors that resulted in the additional fatalies. The... Read Full Story
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 4 (UPI) --
Family members of Virginia Tech officials learned of the school's 2007 massacre long before the whole campus was notified, a state report said.
According to revisions to the state report on the shooting spree, at least two Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Policy Group members told their families of the initial gunfire more than 90 minutes before a campus notification, The New York Times reported Friday.
In addition, the revised report... Read Full Story
Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood. University spokesman Mark Owczarski (oh-ZAR-skee) says that Virginia Tech President Charles Steger (STEE-ger) and about a dozen administrators had a teleconference with Pentagon officials Friday. He says Pentagon officials asked for guidance on how to respond to the shooting spree at the Texas military base. The Virginia Tech officials dealt with the worst mass shooting in... Read Full Story
Kaine Says Panel Was Purposely Put Under Tight Timeline
Richmond , VA ( 1140wrva.com ) – Virginia has updated its final report into the Virginia Tech Massacre, which occurred April 16, 2007. In its revised form, the report includes an updated timeline, and information from Seung Hui Cho’s recently discovered mental health records.
Governor Tim Kaine says he’s not surprised that revisions had to be made, and that thinks were missed in the original final report... Read Full Story
Washington Times Report updates response gaps at Va. Tech shooting The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families about 90 minutes before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst ... Panel Revises Report on Virginia Tech Shootings Wall Street Journal Report on Virginia Tech Shooting Finds Notification Delays New York Times Revision of... Read Full Story
BLACKSBURG, Va. — At least two Virginia Tech administrators told family members about a double shooting in a dorm — the prelude to the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history — well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose.
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