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Virginia Tech Shootings Two Hours Apart

Posted Apr 16, 07 5:27 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – The gunman who killed at least 32 people at Virginia Tech this morning struck twice—two shooting sprees two hours apart, on opposite sides of the campus. Two student were killed at West Ambler Johnston, a coed dorm, at about 7:15. Two hours later 30 people were stuck down at Norris Hall, an engineering building. 

At Norris Hall the shooter, who has not been identified, killed himself, police reported. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility of a second shooter. Asked why the campus was not closed after the first attack, the police chief said "it was an isolated event to that building and the decision was made not to cancel classes at that time."

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Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, left, and Virginia Tech Chief of Campus Police W.R. Flinchum listen at a news conference on the campus of Virginia Tech, where Steger announced the shooting deaths...   (Associated Press)
State and local police wait for a building to be cleared by police on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007, following a shooting incident. Police said the shootings have...   (Associated Press)
An injured occupant is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people...   (Associated Press)
An unidentified person is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. on Monday, April 16, 2007, after a shooting incident. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus,...   (Associated Press)
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