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Associate VP of Virginia Tech University Relations Larry Hincker said the campus would continue to be on alert "strictly as an abundance of caution," during a news conference Thursday. (Source: WDBJ/CNN) , Virginia Tech University |
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| Police released this sketch of the man they believe might have been seen carrying a handgun on campus. (Source: CNN) |
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Virginia Tech was the scene of the worst mass shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history when 32 people were killed on April 16, 2007. (Source: CNN)
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BLACKSBURG, VA (RNN) - Virginia Tech University lifted the alert that held students and faculty on lockdown for more than five hours after reports of an armed man walking around the Blacksburg, VA, campus.
Despite reports that a lone gunman may have been walking through campus, police said they have found no trace of a person matching that description on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Three youths on the campus today reported they saw a man they believed was carrying a gun, walking briskly through campus.
Around 9:37 a.m., campus authorities alerted students and staff through email ordering them to stay indoors and secure the doors.
"Strictly as an abundance of caution we are going to keep the campus on alert status and ask people to stay indoors until and when the police have made a determination that the alert can be lifted," university spokesman Larry Hincker said in a news conference.
In 2007, the campus was the scene of a mass shooting when Seung-Hui Cho opened fire killing 32 people and wounding 25 others. Cho took his own life after the shootings.
According to the university, "police have encountered no other witnesses reporting this individual or seeing anything suspicious."
Regular classes at the university are not in session, but a limited number of students were on campus for summer classes.
But even with fewer students on campus, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said, "These things are never easy."
Copyright 2011 Raycom News Network. All rights reserved.
Despite reports that a lone gunman may have been walking through campus, police said they have found no trace of a person matching that description on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Three youths on the campus today reported they saw a man they believed was carrying a gun, walking briskly through campus.
Around 9:37 a.m., campus authorities alerted students and staff through email ordering them to stay indoors and secure the doors.
"Strictly as an abundance of caution we are going to keep the campus on alert status and ask people to stay indoors until and when the police have made a determination that the alert can be lifted," university spokesman Larry Hincker said in a news conference.
In 2007, the campus was the scene of a mass shooting when Seung-Hui Cho opened fire killing 32 people and wounding 25 others. Cho took his own life after the shootings.
According to the university, "police have encountered no other witnesses reporting this individual or seeing anything suspicious."
Regular classes at the university are not in session, but a limited number of students were on campus for summer classes.
But even with fewer students on campus, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said, "These things are never easy."
Copyright 2011 Raycom News Network. All rights reserved.
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