Update: Virginia Tech – Police officer, one other killed
December 8, 2011
Video courtesy of the Associated Press.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech officials say a police officer and another person have been shot and killed on the school’s campus.
UPDATE
The suspect remains on the loose.
A news release from the school says the police officer had pulled someone over in what was a routine traffic stop Thursday. The officer was shot and killed during the traffic stop.
Witnesses told police the shooter ran toward a parking lot on campus. A second person was found dead in that parking lot.
Virginia State Police will be taking over the investigation, according to the news release.
ORIGINAL
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech says a police officer has been shot, and a possible second victim has been reported at a parking lot near the campus.
Authorities are seeking a suspect.
Click here for the Kent Campus Emergency Management Plan.
A campus-wide alert tells students and faculty to stay inside and lock doors.
The shooting comes the same day as Virginia Tech is appealing a $55,000 fine by the Education Department in connection with the university’s response to a 2007 rampage that left 33 people dead.
The suspect is described as a white male wearing gray sweat pants, gray hat with neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack.
A message left with the university wasn’t immediately returned. Campus police referred all questions to the university.
A student gunman killed 32 students and faculty and then shot himself on the campus in 2007.
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