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Virginia Tech Shootings Two Hours Apart

Police haven't ruled out second shooter in killings of at least 33

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 16, 2007 5:27 PM CDT
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(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."

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 of 22 people in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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 left at least 20 people dead and a similar number injured. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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 before he was killed, police said. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Alan Kim)
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, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S....
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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