Virginia Tech Shootings

Lessons for My Five Year Old, the tragedies at Oikos and Virginia Tech

Ricky Choi, MD, MPH | Posted 04.16.2012

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Ricky Choi, MD, MPH

While both campus incidents were caused by individuals who just happened to be of Korean descent, ethnic Koreans in America, in South Korea and the broader Asian community all felt the burden.

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Jury Finds Virginia Tech Negligent In '07 Shootings

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.14.2012

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — The parents of two Virginia Tech students killed in a 2007 campus massacre worked for years to prove university officials ...

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Virginia Tech President To Testify About '07 Massacre

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.09.2012

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech's president on Friday defended his actions during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, saying...

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Virginia Tech Shooting Lawsuit Heading To Trial

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.05.2012

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Jury selection opened Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two Virginia Tech students killed durin...

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Virginia Tech Shooter Described As 'Nice, Friendly'

AP | By BOB LEWIS and STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 12.10.2011

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RADFORD, Va. -- The man authorities say killed a Virginia Tech police officer before committing suicide had broken up with his girlfriend over the sum...

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150 Attend Candlelight Vigil At Virginia Tech

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 02.08.2012

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BLACKSBURG, Va. — About 150 students gathered silently for a candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech after a police officer was gunned down and the s...

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Investigators In Virginia Tech Shooting Say Gunman Committed Suicide, Not Connected To University

AP | BOB LEWIS and ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 02.08.2012

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BLACKSBURG, Va. — A dean's list student who killed a Virginia Tech police officer had no ties to the university and did not know the patrolman, ...

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Virginia Tech To Testify In Shootings-Related Case

AP | By KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Soon after Virginia Tech officials at a hearing defended actions taken to notify the campus as a 2007 shooting rampage unfolded, the uni...

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Virginia Tech Seeks To Block Fine In Shooting Case

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 02.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — Virginia Tech University says it acted appropriately in alerting the campus during the mass shooting in 2007 that left 33 people de...

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Isolated

Ron Shandler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Shandler

On the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting, I thought I'd re-post the BaseballHQ.com column I wrote shortly after the incident. Sadly, in the three years since, nothing has changed.

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The Same Old Story

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Horwitz

If the cases of Seung-Hui Cho and Steven Kazmierczak have taught us anything, it's that red flags do appear consistently among shooters. What is needed is a screening process.

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Same Gun Dealer Sold to 2 Campus Killers

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold hand...

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