# Shooting at Virginia Tech **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338 "2007-04-16T15:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/1 "2007-04-16T15:07:53Z")
[From CNN:](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html) > [@](#): > > One person was killed and one person was wounded in a shooting on the Virginia Tech university campus in Blacksburg on Monday, The Associated Press reported, quoting a state government official. > > Roanoke’s WSLS reports that one person has been taken into custody, but it is unclear whether more suspects are being sought. > > \ > > The shooting comes three days after a bomb threat Friday forced the cancellation of classes in three buildings, WDBJ in Roanoke reported. Also, the 100,000-square-foot Torgersen Hall was evacuated April 2 after police received a written bomb threat, The Roanoke Times reported. Further bulletins as events warrant, of course. I hope no one here is or knows anyone there. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/2 "2007-04-16T15:09:02Z")
being from Virginia a good number of my friends are there (hell, I’m only not there because they rejected me, but UF has been more than good to me in return). ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/3 "2007-04-16T15:09:12Z")
Two dead, 7 or 8 injured, and there is a separate incident involved. They’re saying they have someone in custody. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/4 "2007-04-16T16:01:33Z")
I guess only one dead, but shit…seventeen people are injured. They have a video of the second shooting as it happened. Fucking unreal. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/5 "2007-04-16T16:20:09Z")
Wow. According to CNN, this is much worse than first reported. 20 dead and more injured. The gunman is also dead. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/6 "2007-04-16T16:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Wow. According to CNN, this is much worse than first reported. 20 dead and more injured. The gunman is also dead. [/QUOTE] I still see only two listed as dead (one victim, and one shooter.) But it appears a second shooter is likely still at-large. Edit: Ok, now I see the updated story. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/7 "2007-04-16T16:28:38Z")
Wow. At least 22 dead. One more critical. There are no words. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/8 "2007-04-16T16:33:48Z")
I’m seeing news sites reporting at least 20 dead. This is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/9 "2007-04-16T16:34:16Z")
The phone video they showed on CNN…it looked like a group of people standing with the shooter when he opened fire. They weren’t hitting the ground. Did I see that right? Jesus…what a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/10 "2007-04-16T16:41:48Z")
My God. Do we have any Dopers in Blacksburg? How horrid. May angels speed them to their rest. May God comfort the families. Somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/11 "2007-04-16T16:49:40Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] The phone video they showed on CNN…it looked like a group of people standing with the shooter when he opened fire. They weren’t hitting the ground. Did I see that right? Jesus…what a nightmare. [/QUOTE] I think those were the police responding. There were a ton of shots going off. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/12 "2007-04-16T17:03:06Z")
Holy fucking shit. I just heard the update on the radio news here in Canada. Oh, my god. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/13 "2007-04-16T17:03:37Z")
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm well, so far nobody on my friends list from VT has any memorial or “we’ll miss you” messages on their wall… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/14 "2007-04-16T17:04:37Z")
CNN is now reporting twenty-two dead. The worst school shooting since Colombine. I cannot watch this anymore. I will check back in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/15 "2007-04-16T17:07:55Z")
It’s been 24 years since I was briefly a grad student there, but it’s still a place I’m fond of. Horrible, to hear that something like this has happened there. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/16 "2007-04-16T17:11:36Z")
My cousin has friends at Tech, and we have a couple of friends of the family with kids there :(. Just waiting to see if everyone’s okay. This is horrible. E. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/17 "2007-04-16T17:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] CNN is now reporting twenty-two dead. The worst school shooting since Colombine. I cannot watch this anymore. I will check back in the morning. [/QUOTE] It’s the worst school shooting in US history. What makes a person do this? ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/18 "2007-04-16T17:13:14Z")
This is bizarre. I’m not a VT Doper, but I’m at Radford University, just twenty minutes down the road. So far, no big changes here, just more police around. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/19 "2007-04-16T17:17:06Z")
> [@CNN](#): > > The shootings came three days after a bomb threat Friday forced the cancellation of classes in three buildings, WDBJ in Roanoke reported. Also, the 100,000-square-foot Torgersen Hall was evacuated April 2 after police received a written bomb threat, The Roanoke Times reported. Are these things related or just coincidences? ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338/20 "2007-04-16T17:19:14Z")
At least 25 dead according to ABC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-virginia-tech/400338.md?page=2)