GUNMAN KILLS 22 AT VIRGINIA TECH
A gunman killed 22 students in a shooting today at Virginia Tech. Breaking, but we’ll keep posting updates:
–NYT: “A few details emerged from the news conference. At 7:15 a.m., an emergency 911 call came in to University police department about a shooting at a campus building, West Ambler Johnston, a dormitory for about 900 freshman students. About three hours later it was followed by a second shooting at a classroom in a science and engineering building on the opposite end of campus, Norris Hall. The shooter died there, the police said.”
–BBC has eyewitness accounts: “We are stuck on lockdown in the library on campus right now and everyone just seems to be in shock. Cops are everywhere. We just heard that 17 people have been shot. It’s been hard to determine what’s true and what’s just a rumour. We can only hope that the shooters are caught soon.”
–VT’s President has a statement: The shooter in Norris Hall is deceased. There are multiple fatalities. The number of fatalities has not been confirmed. Victims have been transported to various hospitals in the immediate area in the region to receive emergency treatment. And we will proceed to contact the next of kin as the victims’ identities are available. All classes are canceled and the university is closed for the remainder of the day.
Will post as available. Horrid.
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I posted that yesterday since my reaction to something so horrible is to get the urge to say “something must be done about this”. Of course the problem with a controversial issue like gun control is that a big chunk of people want to do exactly the “wrong” thing (whichever side you happen to be on). This isn’t a good place for stuff like that, I diverts too much from important tasks like mocking the fatness of Fulmer.
Comment by oc phil — April 17, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
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i’m quite the multi-tasker. i can do both.
Comment by adam — April 16, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
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Look, anyone who reads my blog knows I’m as liberal as the day is long, and there are those who know me who might say I can’t even eat a bowl of cereal in the morning without politicizing the act, but Jesus, can we at least wait for the bodies to cool off in Blacksburg before we start arguing over the political ramifications of this act and how it will affect certain parties’ efforts to increase/thwart gun-control legislation?
You can think about the guns later. At least for the next 24 hours, can we just think about the kids and their families?
Comment by Doug — April 16, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
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[steps onto soapbox]
The NRA does not INTENTIONALLY promote random violence, but they do a good job on enabling it.
I’m sorry, but this argument holds as much weight as:
- Ford Motor Company being held responsible when a nutjob willfully plows their FMC vehicle into a crowd of folks.
- Dell Computer Systems being held responsible when a nutjob using a Dell hacks into personal information databases.
- Exxon being held responsible for an arson after a nutjob fills up a gas can at the local corner store.
The common deominator here, and with the VT murders, is the nutjob committing the crime…not the product/service being offered or utilized during the crime.
I’m not a firearm owner. I’m not a NRA member. I don’t complain about bad service at a resturaunt. I’m one of the most peace-loving individuals that you’ll ever come across. But I do believe that all RESPONSIBLE individuals should have the right to own (and in certain instances carry) any type of firearm to ensure their safety, as granted to us through the 2nd Amendment of the U.S Constitution.
[steps off of soapbox]
Comment by Aerobab — April 16, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
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so, you want more people in the school to have guns? since what we really need is scared, confused college kids running around in dorms trying to stop a killer who they can’t identify.
Comment by adam — April 16, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
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http://www.sundaymorningqb.com/
regular updates.
i’m just sick.
Comment by TexasHoney — April 16, 2007 @ 3:36 pm