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| Virginia Tech: Campus gunman has shot two dead | Virginia Tech: Campus gunman has shot two dead |
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| 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. | 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. |
| It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer. | It said the gunfire began during a routine traffic stop on campus by a Virginia Tech police officer. |
| The Blacksburg site is on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors. | The Blacksburg site is on lockdown with staff and students advised to stay indoors. |
| Police have swarmed the campus looking for the suspect, a white male, who escaped on foot. | Police have swarmed the campus looking for the suspect, a white male, who escaped on foot. |
| 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. | 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. |
| "During the traffic stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting. | "During the traffic stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting. |
| "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." | "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." |
| The suspect was said to be wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a grey hat with neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack. | The suspect was said to be wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a grey hat with neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack. |
| Harry White, 20, a physics undergraduate, told the Associated Press news agency in a phone interview that he had been getting some lunch on campus when he received the text message alert about the shooting. | Harry White, 20, a physics undergraduate, told the Associated Press news agency in a phone interview that he had been getting some lunch on campus when he received the text message alert about the shooting. |
| He said he initially did not take it too seriously, remembering that the campus had been placed on lockdown in August amid a report of a gunman, which turned out to be a false alarm. | He said he initially did not take it too seriously, remembering that the campus had been placed on lockdown in August amid a report of a gunman, which turned out to be a false alarm. |
| "I decided to just check to see how serious it was," he said. "I saw it was actually someone shooting someone, not something false, something that looks like a gun." | "I decided to just check to see how serious it was," he said. "I saw it was actually someone shooting someone, not something false, something that looks like a gun." |
| The incident came on the same day as Virginia Tech appealed against a $55,000 (£35,200) fine imposed by the US Education Department for not reacting quickly enough to the April 2007 massacre. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| The university, which has about 30,000 students, implemented a highly advanced security alert system after the tragedy. | |
| It was put to the test in 2008, when an exploding nail gun cartridge was mistaken for gunfire. | |
| Do you attend Virginia Tech? Did you witness the events that happened today? You can let us know what you have seen and heard by filling in the form below. | Do you attend Virginia Tech? Did you witness the events that happened today? You can let us know what you have seen and heard by filling in the form below. |
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