Updated: Allah - or maybe Confucious - must be SO proud!
Perhaps I am being premature. After all, according to eyewitness descriptions, he's just plain Asian. I guess I could be wrong.
So maybe he's from Tibet.
Or Japan. Or Russia. Or China.
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UPDATED: 5:40 pm
From law enforcement source at scene
From law enforcement source at scene
16 April 2007:
From law enforcement source, speaking under strict condition of anonymity:"I can tell you that there was only one shooter. Following the initial shooting at 'West A.J.' early this morning, police believed the suspect left the campus, and that the suspect was not a resident of the campus. It was during that investigation that the suspect returned to the campus prepared to kill as many people as possible. This was a premeditated act of mass murder, planned well in advance."
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VA Tech: "The worst campus shooting in US history"
From law enforcement source, speaking under strict condition of anonymity:"I can tell you that there was only one shooter. Following the initial shooting at 'West A.J.' early this morning, police believed the suspect left the campus, and that the suspect was not a resident of the campus. It was during that investigation that the suspect returned to the campus prepared to kill as many people as possible. This was a premeditated act of mass murder, planned well in advance."
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VA Tech: "The worst campus shooting in US history"
Source: suspect might have made bomb threats to Virginia Tech Engineering building last week.16 April 2006: A male in his 20's, apparently of Asian origin who opened fire at Virginia Tech is confirmed dead in Blacksburg, Virginia. Fatalities appear to be at least 30, perhaps more. The motive under investigation.
The Northeast Intelligence Network is following this incident closely.
Shooting Timeline
Monday, April 16th 2007 12:23 PM: Virginia Tech police have confirmed 22 fatalities resulting from the campus shootings today. The gunman has also been confirmed dead.
Three people were escorted out of Norris Hall by police. The three were handcuffed, separated, questioned, unhandcuffed and then canine teams were sent into Norris Hall said junior computer engineer Nick Saunders who watched the events unfold from the the second floor of Randolph Hall.
According to the university, classes have been cancelled for Tuesday, April 17.
11:57AM: Three people were escorted out of Norris Hall in handcuffs by police. The three were then unhandcuffed and canine teams were sent into Norris Hall.
11:50AM: The Associated Press has reported at least one death and seven injuries stemming from two shooting incidents on the Virginia Tech campus. Police have taken one person into custody and continue to search for another as part of routine procedure.
11:36AM: At this time, University Relations is reporting one individual in custody and is searching for a second shooter. The Collegiate Times will publish information as it is made available.
10:36AM: Due to serious wind helicopters cannot be used to transfer the injured. According to the police scanner, ambulances are being used to transport the victims to Montgomery Regional Hospital.
10:32AM: At this time, one death and one injury have been confirmed. More information will be made available as it breaks.
10:20AM: All classes are canceled.
10:04AM: The university is encouraging everyone to stay indoors and away from windows. West Ambler Johnston and Squires are currently on confirmed lock down.
10:00AM: A gunman is confirmed loose on campus.
Monday, April 16th 2007 9:47 AM: Shots were fired on campus in West Ambler Johnson Hall in the early morning hours.
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Six weeks ago in Missouri...
Suspect identified in bomb scare at University of Missouri – had list of "missions"
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/UMRolla030107
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Suspect identified in bomb scare at University of Missouri – had list of "missions"
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/UMRolla030107
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Last week at Virginia Tech
Bomb threat closes Torgersen, Durham, Whittemore halls; events relocated; $5,000 reward offeredBy Larry HinckerBLACKSBURG, Va., April 13, 2007: (6:15 p.m. EDT) Virginia Tech is offering a $5,000 reward related to the two recent bomb threats on campus.The reward will be given for information or leads leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved in either bomb threat incidents occurring April 2 or April 13.Information should be directed to Virginia Tech Police at 232-TIPP (8477).Virginia Tech Police, in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, continue to investigate both incidents.
posted by jillosophy at 4/16/2007 06:24:00 PM
79 Comments:
Your comment about Allah and Confucious is just so ignorant, it almost does not dignify a response. But in the interest of enlightenment for any others that may tend to agree with you, a response is hereby posted.
First, there is not enough information from any credible news or law enforcement source as of right now, to insinuate what the motive may have been in these shootings. Second, to suggest that there may have been a religious (re: your ref. to Allah) or philosophical (re: your ref. to Confucious) connection to the shootings, is premature, confounding, and bigotted. Third, the only features of the alleged shooter that have been revealed thus far, are that he was an Asian male, probably in his 20's. How one can draw inferences to Allah or Confucious, based on that little information is not only prejudiced, but also grossly ignorant. Confucious was a philosopher who taught ways to live one's life to achieve moral rectitude. Allah is the Muslim deity. How either of them would be "so proud" during this time of tragedy at Virginia Tech, is beyond reason. Get a clue...and stop inciting more hurtful emotions than are already being shared by most reasonable people at this time.
Yeah, how dare 'reasonable' people begin to suspect anyone when most tragedies around the globe are the result of ONE SINGULAR SOURCE.
You go ahead and turn a blind eye in the interest of multicultural 'harmony'. Tolerance of the most intolerant culture on the planet is working out just great. Fool.
Your 'anonymous' commenter, posting at 7:58 PM, from up on his high horse, sounds exactly like a commenter who bore the same name, scolding me on my blog a while back for wondering if the Salt Lake City mall shooter was a Moslem.
The anonymous critic is the one who needs a clue -- and a spellchecker, while he/she is at it.
Apparently, the shooter may have been a student from Shanghai:
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