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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: Gunman Kills 29 at Virginia Tech |
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Apr. 16, 2007� At least 29 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass killing on a college campus in American history � and the death toll may rise.
Police at Virginia Tech, in Blaksburg, Va., said that the shootings happened at a dormitory and a classroom on opposite sides of the university campus.
Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said that one person was killed in the first shooting, which occurred just after 7 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a large dormitory. Flinchum said that at least 20 more people were killed at Norris Hall, an academic building. |
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3045574 |
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storysinger81
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: It's so unreal here... |
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Everyone in VA, MD, & DC are freaking out--especially on college campuses.
I work at a crisis counseling line on weekends. I anticipate a large volume increase of calls over the next few weeks.
The death count is up to 33.
God, how awful. Worse than Columbine. |
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W.T.Carl
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| One student with two 9mm handguns. He must have p.o.ed about something! |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I went to Virginia Commonwealth University and my brother and sister went to Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech is in Blacksburg which is a really small town. During the school year, the entire town is just college students.
Very very tragic. Before this incident, the school was VERY safe. It was all college kids and you could walk around in all hours of the night without worrying about anything. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Some updates from talking to people I know at VT:
there is a confirmed report that it's an asian guy who did the killing.. there are rumors that it's a korean guy. (not my words, the words of my friend at Virginia Tech)
A German professor was shot and killed. I have a friend's brother who jumped out the window and made it but the guy next to him got shot in the leg. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
Some updates from talking to people I know at VT:
there is a confirmed report that it's an asian guy who did the killing.. there are rumors that it's a korean guy. (not my words, the words of my friend at Virginia Tech)
A German professor was shot and killed. I have a friend's brother who jumped out the window and made it but the guy next to him got shot in the leg. |
It wouldn't surprise me if it was Korean who did the shooting. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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my thoughts are with those on campus. I hope they can get over this quickly and peacefully.
The yahoo article that dealt with this topic ended with the following:
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A list of some major violent incidents at North American schools:
April 16, 2007: Deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history as gunman opens fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. The toll is 33 dead, including the gunman, who committed suicide.
Oct. 2, 2006: A 32-year-old gunman enters an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and holds 10 girls hostage before shooting them. Five girls are killed, and five more wounded. The gunman also kills himself.
Sept. 13, 2006: Kimveer Gill, 25, opens fire at Dawson College in Montreal, killing one woman and injuring 20 people.
Aug. 30, 2006: 19-year-old man in Hillsborough, N.C., kills father, then opens fire at Orange High School, wounding two students before surrendering to police.
March 14, 2006: 14-year-old boy in Reno, Nev., bring's father's revolver to Pine Middle School and wounds two classmates.
Jan. 13, 2006: 15-year-old boy at Milwee Middle School in Longwood, Fla., holds class hostage at gunpoint before being fatally shot by police. It is later learned his weapon was a pellet gun.
Nov. 8, 2005: Student at high school in Jacksboro, Tenn., shoots and kills assistant principal. Principal and another assistant principal wounded.
March 21, 2005: 16-year-old boy in Red Lake, Minn., fatally shoots grandfather and grandfather's partner at home, then goes to Red Lake High School, where he kills five students, a teacher and a security guard before committing suicide.
May 7, 2004: Two men, 18 and 24, shoot and wound four students at high school in Randallstown, Md.
March 30, 2004: Student at Wallace High School in Gary, Ind., shot to death in school parking lot by classmate.
Feb. 3, 2004: 14-year-old boy in Palmetto Bay, Fla., stabs and slits throat of 14-year-old classmate at Southwood Middle School.
Feb. 2, 2004: 19-year-old man shoots to death 17-year-old boy at Ballou Senior High School in Washington, D.C.
Sept. 24, 2003: 15-year-old boy shoots two classmates at Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minn. One dies same day, other dies two weeks later.
April 24, 2003: 14-year-old boy shoots principal to death in school cafeteria in Red Lion, Pa., before killing himself.
March 5, 2001: 15-year-old freshman opens fire with .22-calibre pistol at Santana High School in Santee, Calif., killing two students and injuring 13 others.
Jan. 10, 2001: 17-year-old gunman fires shots at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif., before taking female student hostage. He is later shot and killed by police.
May 26, 2000: 13-year-old honours student shoots and kills teacher on last day of classes in Lake Worth, Fla.
April 20, 2000: Four students and one staff member wounded in knife attack at Cairine Wilson High School in Orleans, Ont. Occurs on first anniversary of Columbine massacre.
Feb. 29, 2000: Six-year-old boy shoots six-year-old girl to death in Grade 1 classroom at Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Mich. Because of his age, boy is not charged.
Dec. 6, 1999: 13-year-old student fires at least 15 shots at Fort Gibson Middle School in Fort Gibson, Okla., wounding four classmates.
Nov. 19, 1999: 12-year-old boy shoots 13-year-old girl in head at school in Deming, N.M. Girl dies next day.
May 20, 1999: 15-year-old boy opens fire at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga., with .357-calibre Magnum and rifle, wounding six students.
April 28, 1999: 14-year-old boy shoots two students, one fatally, at W.R. Myers High School in Taber, Alta.
April 20, 1999: Two heavily armed teenagers rampage through Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide.
April 16, 1999: High school sophomore fires two shotgun blasts in school hallway in Notus, Idaho. No one injured.
Feb. 8, 1999: Man fires shot at Woodland Elementary School in Verdun, Que. No one injured.
May 21, 1998: 17-year-old boy kills parents, then goes to high school in Springfield, Ore., on shooting rampage, killing two teens and wounding more than 20 people.
May 19, 1998: 18-year-old honours student opens fire at high school in Fayetteville, Tenn., killing classmate who was dating his ex-girlfriend.
April 24, 1998: 15-year-old boy opens fire at eighth-grade dance in Edinboro, Pa., killing teacher.
March 24, 1998: Four girls and teacher shot to death and 10 people wounded during false fire alarm at middle school in Jonesboro, Ark., when two boys, 11 and 13, open fire from woods.
Dec. 1, 1997: Three students die and five wounded at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky., after 14-year-old boy opens fire.
October 1997: 35-year-old man fatally shoots teacher at Montreal language school for immigrants.
Oct. 1, 1997: 16-year-old boy in Pearl, Miss., shoots two students to death and wounds seven others after stabbing his mother to death.
Feb. 19, 1997: 16-year-old boy takes shotgun and bag of shells to school in Bethel, Alaska, killing principal and student and wounding two others.
October 1994: Two guidance counsellors at Brockton High School in Toronto shot and wounded by student unhappy with grades.
June 1993: Teen wounded outside Gladstone Secondary School in Vancouver in drive-by shooting.
Aug. 24, 1992: Valery Fabrikant, professor at Concordia University in Montreal, goes on shooting rampage at school, killing four colleagues and wounding one.
February 1990: Jilted teenager shoots and wounds estranged girlfriend at General Brock High School in Burlington, Ont.
December 1989: Marc Lepine, 25, shoots dead 14 women at University of Montreal's Ecole polytechnique engineering school, then kills himself.
October 1978: 17-year-old student shoots 16-year-old to death at Sturgeon Creek Regional Secondary School in Winnipeg.
Oct. 27, 1975: Robert Poulin, an 18-year-old militia sharpshooter, shoots six people at Ottawa's Saint Pius X school and then kills himself. One wounded student dies just over a month later. Poulin had killed a girl at a youth home before he went to the school.
May 1975: Michael Slobodian, 16, kills teacher and student and wounds 13 others at Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ont., before turning gun on himself. |
CERTAINLY there are some things going on here that is causing the incidents to be so frequent.
I'm not altogether sure that the expression "going postal" would be as apt as "going student". |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I shudder to think what it would be like if Korean students had access to guns. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| A Korean student was injured, but no word of who the gunman was. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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So, the dude is a Chinese national who had been in the States for less than a year.
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Authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history was a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa.
The 24-year-old man arrived in San Francisco on United Airlines on Aug. 7 on a visa issued in Shanghai, the source said. Investigators have not linked him to any terrorist groups, the source said.
Police believe three bomb threats on the campus last week may have been attempts by the man to test the campus� security response, the source said.
The exits to the buildings where the shootings occurred were chained by the shooter, the source said. |
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/343354,vatech041607.articleprint
A Chinese national who was allowed into the country to study killed 33 Americans. This isn't going to play well in the media. We can expect analysis of Chinese violent pop culture, sexism, violence and the like. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Pure speculation. No other media outlet is reporting that.
Last edited by pkang0202 on Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:50 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Not really sure how someone with a student VISA could get their hands on 2 9mm handguns. |
The same way (and perhaps the same house) he could easily get his hands on some blow. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if the gunman's dead hands were cold by the time they removed the gun.....
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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"A South Korean student was injured in Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech and has been hospitalized, the head of the university's Korean student association said....
The bullet penetrated the arm and scraped the side of the body but did not damage any bones, Lee quoted doctors as saying. Park is expected to be released soon.
There are some 460 students from Korea studying at Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate schools and an estimated 500 students of Korean descent....
The shooter is said to be a young Asian male, but Lee said chances are low he is a Korean.
'I don't believe any of the Korean students own a gun,' he said."
Source:
Korean student injured in deadliest campus shooting at Virginia Tech
Yonhap News (April 17, 2007)
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20070417/610000000020070417062725E5.html |
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