Officials at Virginia Tech said Monday that they thought the situation was under control during the hours between two shootings that claimed 33 lives."We concluded first that the incident in Ambler Johnston [dormitory] was domestic in nature. In fact we had some reason to think the shooter had left campus," Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said during a late-afternoon news conference.
Police in Blacksburg, Virginia, were alerted to the shootings at around 7:15 a.m. ET, when they were notified in a 911 call that there were several victims in a dormitory, Steger said. (Watch why SWAT trainer said cops needed to rush in )
At about 9:15 a.m., more than 30 shots were reported in nearby Norris Hall, he said.
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