Another Shooting at Virginia Tech!!

[sevlex]

Just now heard it on the radio.

Good Grief.

[Richard Simmons]

So did I but it was just uncofirmed reports of "shots fired". Least that's what I heard about 30 minutes ago.

Nope, they are now saying a cop was shot.

http://www.wdbj7.com/

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-repo...,7258349.story


Rather than a campus shooting I wonder if there was a car stop or something that went south as so far just the cop was shot? VT is not a closed campus.

Possible "second victim"?

http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/dec/0...us-ar-1530165/

[LAGC]

Good thing their "Gun-Free Zone" policy is still in place. Wouldn't want something to happen...

[Richard Simmons]

Looks like a traffic stop that went sideways. The office was killed and a second person was found dead in the direction the suspect ran after shooting the officer. Possible witness to the cop being shot so he/she was killed too?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/08...est=latestnews

[stinker]

Queue the cries for gun control in 3...2...1...

[alismith]

Queue the cries for gun control in 3...2...1...

That's what I was thinking. Let's see, a major Presidential election coming up and another high-profile shooting takes place where alot of publicity is guaranteed to follow.

No way these two isolated events could be related. Nope. Has to be a coincidence. No political group would ever orchestrate something like this. Just a random act; that's all.

[Richard Simmons]

Boy this is a weird one. Just listed to a local news conference with all the local authorities and from what they said:

VT Campus police officer make a traffic stop
While in his cruiser a white male walks up (wasn't in the car) and kills him
White male runs off
Police get a call about a suspicious person in a parking lot
Police arrive and find a while male dead of a gunshot wound and an unidentified handgun nearby.


They are not yet saying if the dead white male is the suspect but unless the car the officer stopped had just dropped this guy off where the hell did he come from and why kill the officer and then run off and commit suicide?

There has been no mention of the person or persons in the vehicle that was stopped and nothing about the officer using his firearm. Is this a case of a nut with a gun and a cop just being in the wrong place at the right time? Someone out to get the cop and maybe tailing him looking for an opportunity and when one presented itself he took it? Weird and tragic.

[Richard Simmons]

Shooter turned out to be a 22 year old student from nearby Radford College. He carjacked someone in Radford the night before and ditched the car at Virginia Tech. Apparently his killing of the VT Police Officer was 100% random.

My gut says the shooter was a wack job with a history of mental problems that went untreated or actions that went unreported like Cho at VT. Regardless of where he got his handgun we'll probably be getting more cries of "close the gunshow loophole" by next week.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/09...est=latestnews

[tank_monkey]

Good thing their "Gun-Free Zone" policy is still in place. Wouldn't want something to happen...

Holy Crap. A post by LAGC that is sarcastic about gun control ..... well I mean that I actually found a post by LAGC that I 100% agree with... the world truly IS ending

[JVD]

Shooter turned out to be a 22 year old student from nearby Radford College. He carjacked someone in Radford the night before and ditched the car at Virginia Tech. Apparently his killing of the VT Police Officer was 100% random.

My gut says the shooter was a wack job with a history of mental problems that went untreated or actions that went unreported like Cho at VT. Regardless of where he got his handgun we'll probably be getting more cries of "close the gunshow loophole" by next week.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/09...est=latestnews

If that is the case I wouldn't be surprised if they use this to push that anyone who has ever been prescribed anti-depression or anxiety medication is mentally unstable.

[O.S.O.K.]

If that is the case I wouldn't be surprised if they use this to push that anyone who has ever been prescribed anti-depression or anxiety medication is mentally unstable.

They're not?

Seriously, why so many people getting anti-depressant drugs?

I'm ADD and have had depressed periods from time to time all of my life. I would never dream of using an anti-depressant.

Beer yes, prednizal or whatever, no.