shooting at VT... Options

[miro1975]

I was just wondering if anybody out there is from Virginia or going to VT.
That is crazy what happend there. I still cant believe it. 32 dead and shooter.
I hope everybody out there is OK.... Let us know....

[orvillescelica]

Its easy to say these things in hindsight, "why didnt they lock down the entire campus?" "Shouldnt the police have done more?"

In reality, there were more than enough police investigating the first shooting. All the dorms were notified to warn the students after the first shooting. It was an incident that was being investigated with police on scene from the moment it was reported to the second report of shootings two hours later. The cops didnt just stop by the dorm and leave, they were taking evidence, talking to witnesses, there was no evidence to suspect that the man responsible would go on the worst killing spree in US history. If there is a bank robbery, do you then lock down all the banks in the city just in case?

The police were trying to warn as many people as possible, but this is an open campus with over 25,000 students and teachers, most of which were in transit to the campus at the time.

Its saddening to hear that VT will lose students, because in reality it could have happened at any school. Its not VTs fault and i get frustrated to hear that people are calling for the president and the police chief to be fired. It sounded like everyone followed procedure that was standing. But of course procedure does not account for these type of incidents, which are VERY VERY VERY unlikely. Nevertheless it did happen and it was/is such a terrible and horriffic act.