(ZT) At least 20 dead in campus shootings
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(CNN) -- The Virginia Tech police chief said at least 20 people were killed in twin shootings on the Blacksburg campus Monday morning.
\"Some victims were shot in a classroom,\" Chief Wendell Flinchum said, adding that the gunman was dead.
\"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,\" said university President Charles Steger. \"The university is shocked and indeed horrified.\" (Map of Blacksburg)
The attacks mark the worst school shooting incident since 1999 when Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. |