Topic: Virginia Tech

Prayers for Virginia Tech students and their families

By David W. Shelton | April 17, 2007 |

In a what is violent reminder of the high school shootings of the 1990s, a single “Asian male” student locked himself into a room in Norris Hall along with about 30 or so others and began to open fire. Like the massacre at Columbine High School, where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire on their classmates and teachers, students at Virginia Tech “played dead” in order to survive.

He was described as dressed “almost like a Boy Scout,” and was very “methodical” and “thorough” in his shootings. In the end, more than 30 people were killed, including the gunman. Sources say he killed himself. Surviving students then tried to get into another room and barricade the door, but he started shooting through the door. “Blood was everywhere,” one person said. «Read the rest of this article»

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