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Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said there would be another press briefing at 7:30 p.m.
Live-blogging from The Lede of the New York Times.
VA Tech News Conference has been going on for about 1/2 hour now. VAT President Steger and Police Chief Flinchum are taking questions. It is not yet clear if the two shooting attacks are connected. 33 are now dead in addition to the shooter, who was not carrying ID and killed himself. FBI & ATF all over the place. Large number of shell casings being collected.
The VA Tech Website has been updated and there will be a news conference at 4:30 pm.
Online Chat with the Editor of a VA Tech News Website
Washington Post: 32 Killed in Virginia Tech Shootings, At Least 24 Injured
According to the Roanoke Times, the shooting now has a Wikipedia entry.
According to NPR News, the death toll is up to 29 and still rising.
UPDATE – Roanoke Times (updated every few minutes):
At least 22 people died this morning in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. The shooter is dead, either by his own hand or shot by police. Details are still coming in.
1:45 p.m.
As the medical examiner’s office in Roanoke prepared to conduct autopsies of all the dead, the undermanned office was waiting for reinforcements.
Nine state employees — including medical examiners, administrators and investigators — were making the trip today from Richmond, Tidewater and Northern Virginia to assist William Massello, who is the only medical examiner in the Roanoke office following the departure last year of two of his colleagues.
It was not clear when the bodies will be transported from Blacksburg to the medical examiner’s office in Roanoke, said Tracie Cooper, the district administrator.
UPDATE – AP via New York Times:
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding another 21 before he was killed, police said.
“Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,” said university president Charles Steger. “The university is shocked and indeed horrified.”
The university reported shootings at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a co-ed residence hall that houses 895 people, and continuing about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building.
One student was killed in a dorm and the others were killed in the classroom, Virginia Tech Police Chief W.R. Flinchum.
Virginia Tech’s Website
Listening to NPR – someone reported that 17-18 people have sought medical treatment for gunshot wounds and other injuries due to this event.
There were TWO shootings, at opposite ends of the campus.
At least an ATTEMPTED mass murder – reportedly several people were shot.
One suspect has been arrested but police are looking for another.
AP via MSNBC:
BLACKSBURG, Va. – A shooting at a Virginia Tech dormitory on Monday left at least one person dead, a state government official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. One suspect is said to be in custody, with another suspect still at large.
Meantime, officials said there were seven to eight additional casualties.