Shooter At Large At Virginia Tech
December 8, 2011 by Sam Rolley
Virginia Tech was locked down Thursday after a police officer was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on the Blacksburg, Va., campus and a second person was found dead in a nearby parking lot after the gunman fled.
Jermaine Holmes, director of academic support services for student athletes, said the shooting was likely resultant of a traffic stop gone wrong, according to The Washington Post.
“It’s right across from our building in the parking lot,” he said. “It didn’t appear to be just a kind of random shooting.
Officials described a suspect as “white male, gray sweat pants, gray hat w/neon green brim, maroon hoodie and backpack” and said he was “on foot towards McComas,” a facility housing health and counseling services. At the time of this article, he was reportedly still at large.
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