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The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presense of a shooter. | The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presense of a shooter. | ||
| − | On | + | On April 19, police arrest a potential copycat, Terrence Johnson, Jr., a senior at Madison School, who has threatened to commit a similar crime.<ref>http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6390160</ref> |
The incident has been heralded by political figures as an opportunitty to defend the second ammendement. | The incident has been heralded by political figures as an opportunitty to defend the second ammendement. | ||
Revision as of 07:02, April 20, 2007
On April 16, 2007, a 23-year-old Korean man studying English at Virginia Tech went on a murder spree that took the lives of 32 faculty and students. The perpetrator then turned the gun on himself. Amongst the victims is a 76-year old Holocaust survivor.
The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presense of a shooter.
On April 19, police arrest a potential copycat, Terrence Johnson, Jr., a senior at Madison School, who has threatened to commit a similar crime.[1]
The incident has been heralded by political figures as an opportunitty to defend the second ammendement.