*News Flash**Virginia Tech in Gun Alert Lockdown

DominoDub

Reports coming in that Virginia Tech site of the worst US school gun massacre is in lockdown mode after a gunman is spotted onsite !

http://twitter.com/#!/search/Virginia%20Tech

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre


WSJ

Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va.—A gunman has been reported near a Virginia Tech dining hall, officials said Thursday.

The university issued an alert on its website at 9:37 a.m. Thursday telling students and employees to stay inside and secure doors.

The alert said the gunman was reported near Dietrick Hall, a three-story dining facility. The dining hall is steps away from the dorm where a mass shooting took place in 2007, when a student gunman killed 32 people and then himself.

The school said on its website that three juveniles attending a camp at the school reported seeing a man holding what may have been a handgun. They said it was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort, and that the man was walking in the direction of the volleyball courts.

Officials said they are looking for a white man with light brown hair who is 6 feet tall. Officials said the person is wearing a blue and white-striped shirt, gray shorts and brown sandals. He was described as clean shaven, according to the university's website.

Police from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg and Christiansburg are searching for the man, as well as Montgomery County sheriff's deputies.

J. Marston

Hope they catch him before he does any damage.

Tehachapi

Nothing will happen.

Absurdum

IT'S AL-QAEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

FatherLen

"news flash" and "reports coming in"?
you have always dreamed of being a reporter op haven't you?







hopefully nobody gets hurt

Redlion

Tehachapi wrote: »

Nothing will happen.

Well that's sure calmed my mind! Cheers Tehachapi!

CardBordWindow

Absurdum wrote: »

IT'S AL-QAEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Qaeda! That's a strange surname!

Griffin87

hopefully they stop this guy before he can do some damage

Stinicker

It's Anders Breivk's American Cousin

CardBordWindow

RTE are even covering it!
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0804/virginiatech.html

Officials at Virginia Tech university, scene of the worst school shooting in US history, have locked down the campus after three youths said they saw a white man possibly carrying a handgun.

So far, police have not found anyone matching the description given by the youths, who were attending a camp at the university in Blacksburg, Virginia, but were still patrolling the campus in search of the man.

'People on campus stay indoors until further notice,' the university said in a bulletin on its website.

The university said that at 9:09 am (2.09pm Irish time), the three youths saw a 'white male, six feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun.'

'They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort,' the statement said, adding that the suspect was wearing a shirt with blue and white vertical stripes, gray shorts and brown sandals.

'Officers responded immediately to the area but found no one matching the description. Police have encountered no other witnesses reporting this individual or anything suspicious,' the university said.

Local television station WSLS reported that the campus siren system had been activated.

The fall semester has not yet begun, though summer programs are in session.

In 2007, Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student born in South Korea, shot to death 32 fellow classmates and teachers before killing himself.

The university in Blacksburg, Virginia was fined $55,000 in relation to the 16 April, 2007 incident for failing to alert students in time that a gunman was loose on the campus.

PseudoFamous

Early this morning, three kids attending a camp at the university told authorities that they saw a white male, six feet tall with light brown hair holding what may have been a gun, said Mark Owczarski, a campus spokesman.

The kids said the weapon was covered by a cloth. The man was wearing a blue and white striped shirt, gray shorts and brown sandals, Owczarski said.

Source.

In reality, he could have been carrying something completely innocuous, and there was just a kneejerk reaction.

mackg

PseudoFamous wrote: »

Source.

In reality, he could have been carrying something completely innocuous, and there was just a kneejerk reaction.

like a wallet.

DominoDub

"brown sandals" :eek: the mark of a killer .

biko

Was he black?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOaTpYl8mE

donalg1

Absurdum wrote: »

IT'S AL-QAEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

You let go of the shift button

amacachi

This is like the complete series boxset of Sex and the City, I'm not buying it.

Temptamperu

biko wrote: »

Was he black?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOaTpYl8mE

Early this morning, three kids attending a camp at the university told authorities that they saw a white male,

not today my friend... unless hes in a really good disguise

Redlion

PseudoFamous wrote:

In reality, he could have been carrying something completely innocuous, and there was just a kneejerk reaction.

Very true, but ya have to approach this cautiously until its firmly known its a hoax or mistake by the students.

Conor108

CBS LIVE News Come on doooown!

Dermo

So a white man who looked like a generic student was seen walking through a college campus with something wrapped in cloth?





PAAAANNNNIIICCCC!!!!!

Tehachapi

amacachi wrote: »

This is like the complete series boxset of Sex and the City, I'm not buying it.

Good idea, I just downloaded it instead

DominoDub

"The subject had no facial hair or glasses." so not the Hipster Killer then !

Itsdacraic

J. Marston wrote: »

Hope they catch him before he does any damage.

:rolleyes:

And where would the fun in that be?

rorrissey

Why is there no mention of this on Fox and Sky? They're just reporting on unemployment and sports!

Tehachapi

rorrissey wrote: »

Why is there no mention of this on Fox and Sky? They're just reporting on unemployment and sports!

Because it's meaningless hysteria.

krudler

Tehachapi wrote: »

Because it's meaningless hysteria.

but thats Sky and Fox's forte!

Dermo

krudler wrote: »

but thats Sky and Fox's forte!

yes, but not against white people!

Manic Moran

That reinforced gun free zone thing is working out just great for them, then...

NTM

amacachi

Manic Moran wrote: »

That reinforced gun free zone thing is working out just great for them, then...

NTM

Well I've yet to see anything to say that it hasn't worked today.

UglyBolloxFace

Absurdum wrote: »

IT'S AL-QAEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

donalg1 wrote: »

You let go of the shift button

Actually I think he forgot to not press the Shift button....if my sources are correct he's referring to the new offshoot of Al-Qaeda who go by the name of Al-Qaeda11111111111111111111111111.

Voodu Child

amacachi wrote: »

Well I've yet to see anything to say that it hasn't worked today.

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

amacachi

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

They should just abort all fetuses, in about 80 years there'd be very few shootings.

brummytom

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

Except for that shooting

Voodu Child

brummytom wrote: »

Except for that shooting

http://i54.tinypic.com/t7oklh.jpg

mr kr0nik

Absurdum wrote: »

IT'S AL-QAEDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

donalg1 wrote: »

You let go of the shift button

Perhaps his shift ended..









Written without bothering to check and see if anyone else has come up with this doobie...

Scuid Mhór

i wonder if some of the posters in this thread will be feeling guilty if something does happen

Scuid Mhór

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

jesus

pow wow

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

The guys at my school were seriously bummed about having to check their firearms in with the campus police after the Virginia Tech shootings :rolleyes:

Mike 1972

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

To prevent a possible shooting they could have er....shot him

Does not compute

What if something suspicious then turns out to have been something entirely innocent/harmless :eek:

amacachi wrote: »

They should just abort all fetuses, in about 80 years there'd be very few shootings.

NO NO NO listen to the previous poster.

They should allow all foetuses to carry guns so that they can shoot the abortionists (or anyone in a white coat that might look like an abortionist).

Manic Moran

Voodu Child wrote: »

If guns were allowed one of the 3 students who saw the guy carrying something suspicious could have shot him. Would have prevented a possible shooting.

49 States in the country permit people to legally carry firearms around in their daily business. Every one of those people could shoot someone else. They tend not to without cause.

There are, as best I can recall, only two instances where there was an attempt at a mass shooting at a university where guns were allowed: U-Texas, Austin, and Appalachian School of Law, Virginia. In both cases, students with legal firearms showed up and limited the casualty counts.

NTM