Virginia Tech president: 33 confirmed dead
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger, who is speaking at a news conference at this moment, says that 33 people were killed in today's shooting - 31 at Norris Hall, the engineering department facility, and two in the West Ambler Johnston student resident. Steger added that it's not yet known if the two incidents are connected.
Mr. Steger also said that the identity of the shooter had not been confirmed. And he asked students to contact their parents, since communications systems on the campus were overloaded.
University police Chief Wendell Flinchum told the press conference that the gunman in Norris Hall did take his own life. He also said that the first two people were shot in a student's room in the residence. He could not confirm how many of those dead were students and how many were faculty. He did say that some of the bodies are still in Norris Hall.
4:45 PM ET | 04-16-2007 | permalink
