Virginia Tech's website posted an alert following the shooting of a police officer warning "Everyone should seek shelter or stay where you are. Blacksburg Transit service is suspended until the alert is lifted." The suspect was described as a white male wearing gray sweatpants and a gray hat with a neon green brim. He was believed to traveling on foot near McComas Hall, a campus gym, at the time of the posting.
In order to provide the latest information, Ham on Wry checked the university's website. Details from the site follow.
Shortly after noon today, a Virginia Tech police officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine traffic stop in the Coliseum parking lot near McComas Hall
During the traffic stop. the officer was shot and killed. There were witnesses to this shooting.
Witnesses reported to police the shooter fled on foot heading toward the Cage, a parking lot near Duck Pond Drive. At that parking lot, a second person was found. That person is also deceased.
Several law enforcement agencies have responded to assist. Virginia State Police has been requested to take lead in the investigation
The status of the shooter is unknown. The campus community should continue to shelter in place and visitors should not come to campus.
Fall semester classes ended yesterday and semester exams begin tomorrow, so fewer students were walking on the grounds when the shooting occurred. At this writing, the suspect remains at large.
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