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| Virginia Tech: One handgun used in two deaths | Virginia Tech: One handgun used in two deaths |
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| Police have confirmed one handgun was used in Thursday's fatal double shooting on the Virginia Tech campus. | Police have confirmed one handgun was used in Thursday's fatal double shooting on the Virginia Tech campus. |
| Ballistics tests proved that the weapon used to shoot dead a university policeman was the same as the one that killed a man found dead nearby. | Ballistics tests proved that the weapon used to shoot dead a university policeman was the same as the one that killed a man found dead nearby. |
| Officer Deriek Crouse, a married father of five, was shot in a car park by a man who then apparently killed himself. | Officer Deriek Crouse, a married father of five, was shot in a car park by a man who then apparently killed himself. |
| Virginia Tech was the site of the worst US school shooting, when a gunman killed 32 people and himself in 2007. | Virginia Tech was the site of the worst US school shooting, when a gunman killed 32 people and himself in 2007. |
| Virginia State Police said in a news release early on Friday that "ballistics evidence testing has officially linked the two fatal shootings". | Virginia State Police said in a news release early on Friday that "ballistics evidence testing has officially linked the two fatal shootings". |
| Investigators say they do not know the motive for the killing, or if Crouse had known the other man found dead at the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. | |
| 'Hearts are broken' | 'Hearts are broken' |
| The Virginia Tech policeman, a 39-year-old Army veteran, was shot while performing a routine traffic stop shortly after midday on Thursday. | The Virginia Tech policeman, a 39-year-old Army veteran, was shot while performing a routine traffic stop shortly after midday on Thursday. |
| The gunman walked up and opened fire at close range, before fleeing on foot to another car park half a mile away. | The gunman walked up and opened fire at close range, before fleeing on foot to another car park half a mile away. |
| The shooter, described as a white male, is not thought to have been linked to the car that was pulled over. | The shooter, described as a white male, is not thought to have been linked to the car that was pulled over. |
| Police said footage of the suspect, captured on a video camera inside the officer's vehicle, matched the description of the second man found dead. | Police said footage of the suspect, captured on a video camera inside the officer's vehicle, matched the description of the second man found dead. |
| "Our hearts are broken again," said university President Charles W Steger at a news conference later in the day. | "Our hearts are broken again," said university President Charles W Steger at a news conference later in the day. |
| On Thursday evening about 150 students gathered in a candlelight vigil at the campus memorial for the shootings of four years ago. An official event is to be held Friday. | On Thursday evening about 150 students gathered in a candlelight vigil at the campus memorial for the shootings of four years ago. An official event is to be held Friday. |
| Crouse had served on the campus police force for four years, joining the Virginia Tech Police Department about six months after the 2007 massacre. | Crouse had served on the campus police force for four years, joining the Virginia Tech Police Department about six months after the 2007 massacre. |
| That tragedy prompted the university, which has about 30,000 students, to implement a highly sophisticated security alert system. | That tragedy prompted the university, which has about 30,000 students, to implement a highly sophisticated security alert system. |
| After the first report of gunfire on Thursday, the emergency procedure was activated. Texts and emails were sent to staff and students warning them to stay indoors. | After the first report of gunfire on Thursday, the emergency procedure was activated. Texts and emails were sent to staff and students warning them to stay indoors. |
| The campus was placed on lockdown for several hours as police swarmed the area looking for the gunman. | The campus was placed on lockdown for several hours as police swarmed the area looking for the gunman. |
| It came on the same day as Virginia Tech appealed against a $55,000 (£35,200) fine imposed by the government for not reacting quickly enough to the 2007 massacre. | It came on the same day as Virginia Tech appealed against a $55,000 (£35,200) fine imposed by the government for not reacting quickly enough to the 2007 massacre. |
| Thirty-two people died in April that year 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 in April that year when a 23-year-old South Korean, Seung-Hui Cho, went on a gun rampage before turning the weapon on himself. |