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Virginia Tech issues 'gunfire' alert Virginia Tech: Campus gunman has shot two dead
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Virginia Tech campus, site of America's worst school shooting four years ago, is on lockdown amid reports of gunfire. Virginia Tech, site of America's worst school shooting four years ago, says a police officer and another person have been shot dead on campus.
href="http://www.vt.edu/" >Its website said authorities were seeking a suspect, a white male in grey tracksuit bottoms and grey hat. It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer.
US network MSNBC reports shots were exchanged between a suspect and a police officer during a traffic stop and the suspect was still at large. The Blacksburg campus is href="http://www.vt.edu/" >on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors.
Virginia Tech was fined in March this year for not reacting quickly enough to the April 2007 massacre. The suspect was said to be a white male in grey tracksuit bottoms, grey hat with neon green brim and maroon hoodie.
Thirty-two people died when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself. Virginia Tech said on its website: "Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall.
On Thursday, the university said on Twitter that students and staff should remain inside because shots had been heard. "During the traffic stop. the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.
It said on its website: "Suspect remains at large. A police officer has been shot. A potential second victim is reported at the Cage lot. Stay indoors. Secure in place." "Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased."
In April 2007, 32 people died when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself.
Virginia Tech, which has about 30,000 students, implemented a highly advanced security alert system after that massacre.
It was fined in March this year for not reacting quickly enough to the massacre.