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Thursday, Nov 13, 2008 - 02:10 PMUpdated: 02:30 PM
Virginia Tech police and Blacksburg police have sent out a campus alert about gunshot sounds being reported in Pritchard Hall, a residence hall.
The building was locked down after two people reported hearing what sounded like gunfire at about 1 p.m. An e-mail alert was sent at 1:40 to the campus community.
Police are searching the building. There has been no confirmation of a shooting.
The residence hall is directly across the street from a construction site, which university officials said could be the source of the sounds.
Pritchard Hall, a residence hall that opened in 1967 in the Prairie Community along Washington Street, is home to 1,000 residents and is billed as the largest all-male dorm on the East Coast.
The e-mail alert sent to students at 1:40 said: "Police are investigating reported sounds of gunshots in Pritchard Hall. Building is secured. No access in or out. Police searching room by room."
Reports of gunfire are especially sensitive onthe Virginia Techcampus where student gunman Seung-Hui Cho took 32 lives on April 16, 2007, before taking his own life.
Check back at inRich.com for updates.
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-11-13-0211.html
Thursday, Nov 13, 2008 - 02:10 PMUpdated: 02:30 PM
Virginia Tech police and Blacksburg police have sent out a campus alert about gunshot sounds being reported in Pritchard Hall, a residence hall.
The building was locked down after two people reported hearing what sounded like gunfire at about 1 p.m. An e-mail alert was sent at 1:40 to the campus community.
Police are searching the building. There has been no confirmation of a shooting.
The residence hall is directly across the street from a construction site, which university officials said could be the source of the sounds.
Pritchard Hall, a residence hall that opened in 1967 in the Prairie Community along Washington Street, is home to 1,000 residents and is billed as the largest all-male dorm on the East Coast.
The e-mail alert sent to students at 1:40 said: "Police are investigating reported sounds of gunshots in Pritchard Hall. Building is secured. No access in or out. Police searching room by room."
Reports of gunfire are especially sensitive onthe Virginia Techcampus where student gunman Seung-Hui Cho took 32 lives on April 16, 2007, before taking his own life.
Check back at inRich.com for updates.