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© December 8, 2011
By staff and wire reports
BLACKSBURG
A gunman killed a police officer in a Virginia Tech parking lot today and was found dead nearby in a baffling attack that sent shudders through the campus nearly five years after it was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.
The shooting took place on the same day Virginia Tech officials were in Washington, fighting a government fine over their alleged mishandling of the 2007 bloodbath.
Before it became clear that the gunman in today's attack was dead, the school applied the lessons learned during the last tragedy, locking down the campus and using a high-tech alert system to warn students and faculty members to stay indoors.
The officer was killed after pulling a driver over in a traffic stop. The gunman — who was not involved in the traffic stop — walked into the parking lot and shot the officer, Sgt. Robert Carpentieri said. Police wouldn't talk about a motive.
A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the gunman was dead, but wouldn't say how.
It appeared the gunman died about a quarter-mile away from the traffic stop, in another school parking lot, where officials said a man was found dead with a gun nearby. While police at a news conference wouldn't confirm the second body was the gunman, Carpentieri said "you can kind of read between the lines."
Late tonight during a press conference with the governor, state police said the second person who was found dead was spotted with a weapon on the camera that was installed in the police officer's vehicle. They still didn't want to confirm the second person was the shooter until the investigation is completed.
The mayhem began around 12:30 p.m. when a Virginia Tech police officer made what university officials described as a routine traffic stop in the Cassell Coliseum parking lot and was shot to death in front of witnesses.
The shooter fled on foot in the direction of the Cage, a Tech parking lot farther down Washington Street, the university said at an afternoon press conference. A second body was found there, also killed by a gunshot. A gun was found near the body, Tech officials said.
As of this afternoon, Tech was not identifying either person killed, saying only that the officer worked in the university police department’s patrol division and had been with the force for four years.
The shooter was described as a white male wearing gray sweat pants, a gray hat with neon green brim, a maroon hoodie and backpack.
School officials said shortly before 4:30 p.m. there was no longer an active threat and that normal activities could resume.
Investigators were interviewing the person who was pulled over. State police were investigating whether the officer had been specifically targeted.
Lockdown instituted
The officer's shooting prompted a lockdown that lasted for hours.
As police hunted for the killer, the school applied the lessons learned nearly five years ago, warning students and faculty members via email and text message to stay indoors. It was the first gunfire on campus since 33 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The shooting today sent a shudder through campus, where students preparing for exams were suddenly told to hunker down. Heavily armed officers walked around campus as caravans of SWAT vehicles and other police cars with emergency
(عدل بواسطة Osman Musa on 12-09-2011, 03:45 AM)
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