Updated: 32 Dead, 15 injured in Virginia

[Anonymous]

BLACKSBURG, Va. - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding another 21 before he was killed, police said.

"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said university president Charles Steger.

The university reported shootings at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a co-ed residence hall that houses 895 people, and continuing about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building.

All entrances to the campus were closed and classes canceled through Tuesday.

"There's just a lot of commotion. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on," said student Jason Anthony Smith, 19, who lives in the dorm where shooting took place.

Aimee Kanode, a freshman from Martinsville, said the shooting happened on the 4th floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory, one floor above her room. Kanode's resident assistant knocked on her door about 8 a.m. to notify students to stay put.

"They had us under lockdown," Kanode said. "They temporarily lifted the lockdown, the gunman shot again."

"We're all locked in our dorms surfing the Internet trying to figure out what's going on," Kanode said.

Madison Van Duyne, a student who was interviewed by telephone on CNN, said, "We are all in lockdown. Most of the students are sitting on the floors away from the windows just trying to be as safe as possible."

It was second time in less than a year that the campus was closed because of a shooting.

In August 2006, the opening day of classes was canceled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate allegedly killed a hospital guard off campus and fled to the Tech area. A sheriff's deputy involved in the manhunt was killed on a trail just off campus.

The accused gunman, William Morva, faces capital murder charges.

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UPDATED TO 32 DEAD 15 INJURED

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guy stressed out!

[hilliuse]

man thats really messed up stuff
i was gonna transfer to there

[Preppy]

saw that on the news today, that is some f*&% up sh!t, trying to get an education starting to become dangerous.

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While all this happening N.J flooding like crazy.. the place crazy

[scientist]

NJ still flooding. wtf

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killab the pump work! dried the spot up! I had 8" high in my basement bloody cell fall in that (3rd 1 in 3 weeks)

[hilliuse]

whoa

[ceelos]

there was a shooting in rodney's rock las nite. one dead one injured.. Seems Dominica gettin it share