I watched the news today
Surreal moment. I never imagined that the next time I saw the Hokiestone walls of Virginia Tech, it would be on CNN as the site of multiple shootings.
(CNN)—A lone gunman is dead after police said he killed at least 21 people Monday during twin shootings on the Virginia Tech campus—the worst school shooting incident in U.S. history.
“Some victims were shot in a classroom,” university police Chief Wendell Flinchum said during a news conference in Blacksburg.
Police believe there was only one gunman, Flinchum said.
“Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,” said university President Charles Steger. “The university is shocked and indeed horrified.” (Map of Blacksburg)
The shootings mark the deadliest school shooting incident in U.S. history, topping attacks at Columbine High School in 1999 and at the University of Texas in 1966.
The Associated Press quoted officials saying more than 20 people were wounded. A hospital spokeswoman told AP that 17 Virginia Tech students were being treated for gunshot wounds and other injuries.
Jamal Albarghouti is i-Reporting for CNN and sent in footage he took outside of Norris during the event. You can clearly hear a steady stream of gunshots in the film.
It apparently began with a shooting at West Ambler-Johnston, where a few of my friends lived during my time at VT. I used to pick up my mail at East AJ when I lived in the dorm next door that didn’t have its own mailroom.
Reporters say the shooting did not appear completely random. That the shooter had a clear idea of what he was doing and where he was going.
And now I’m glued to CNN…