According to the previous news from the local hospital, at least 17 college students are receiving emergency treatment in the hospital, and most of them are believed to have died.
Earlier, it was reported that the incident occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech in Brakberg. According to the police, there were two shooting incidents on campus that morning. The first shooting took place in the student apartment, causing one death and one injury. Another incident happened in a building of the Engineering College, which injured more than ten people.
According to the latest statement issued by the school, the police have stopped one of the shooting suspects and tried their best to search for another gunman on campus.
A reporter from "University News" described that many frightened students fled while screaming at the scene of the incident, calling it a vicious intentional injury.
The latest news:
According to the Associated Press, the shooting has killed at least 33 people and injured 29 others, making it the worst shooting in American history.
The shooter is dead. It is not clear whether the gunman was killed by the police or committed suicide. At present, it is impossible to confirm whether the attacker is a student or not, and the motive for the massacre is not clear.
US President Bush said that the country is as sad as those who lost relatives and friends in the shooting incident, and the federal government will help local communities in any way possible.
A spokesman for the FBI said that there was no evidence that the incident was a terrorist attack, but "all roads on campus will be checked."
At 7: 00 am local time15, a shooting incident occurred in a co-ed dormitory with 895 people in the school, and a student was shot dead. Two hours later, the gunman opened fire again in Norris Hall, an engineering teaching building 2,000 feet away from the dormitory.
The police said that they were investigating the shooting in the dormitory when the shooting happened in the classroom.
After the first shooting, the students were asked to stay in the dormitory and stay away from the windows. But a student at the school said that just when they thought the warning had expired, the shooting incident happened again.
It is said that some students were killed in the classroom, and two students jumped from the upstairs window to avoid the shooting. CNN reported that the incident was a "massacre in the classroom". The television screen of CNN shows that the shooting lasted more than 1 minute, and the dense and loud gunshots were clearly audible. The gun on the screen rang 27 times before it stopped.
At present, the shooting has caused at least 32 deaths and 29 injuries, making it the most serious shooting in American history. The biggest school shooting happened in 1966. A gunman opened fire with a rifle at the University of Texas Bell Tower in Austin, killing 16 people. The gunman was later killed by the police.
There is also a full-page report on Sina. com。 See:
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