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At least 33 people were tragically killed today at Virginia Tech University in the worst mass killing tragedy in US History. An additional 22 people were wounded.

Right now it is believed that the killer was a 19 year old male of East Asian descent - he was reported to have killed himself after the mass-shooting. There may have been a second shooter.

Here is one of account of part of the massacre:

“He just stepped within five feet of the door and just started firing,” said Erin Sheehan who was in one of the Norris Hall classrooms where the second shooting incident took place.

Sheehan described the gunman — who later shot and killed himself according to police — as a young man wearing a short-sleeved tan shirt and black ammunition vest.

“He seemed very thorough about it — getting almost everyone down — I pretended to be dead,” she said. (Student survives by playing dead Video)

“He was very silent,” said Sheehan, one of only four students in her 25-student German class who were not shot.

The gunman left for about 30 seconds, but returned because “I guess he heard us still talking.”

“We forced ourselves against the door so he couldn’t come in again, because the door would not lock,” Sheehan said.

The man tried three more times to force his way in then began firing through the door, she said.

- CNN

My thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by today’s tragedy. To God we belong and to God shall we return.

For further info, check ANY news website, or This Great Facebook Group:
A Tribute to those who passed at the Virginia Tech Shootings (over 64,000 members as of 11:00pm)

Subhanallah!

Continue Reading for the timeline of the massacre:

7:15 a.m.: A 9-1-1 emergency call to Virginia Tech Police reports a shooting at West Ambler Johnston Hall, leaving two people dead.
8:00am.: Classes begin for most of the 9,000 students who live on campus and the thousands more who live off campus.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Shooter opens fire in classroom in Norris Hall, an engineering building.
9:26 a.m.: Emails go out to campus staff and faculty saying there has been a shooting on campus.
9:30 a.m.: Students in the engineering building Norris Hall call police to report more shots have been fired.
9:50 a.m.: A third email announcing: “A gunman is loose on campus. Stay in buildings until further notice. Stay away from all windows” is sent to all Virginia Tech email addresses. Loudspeakers broadcast a similar message.
10:52 a.m.: A fourth email warns of a multiple shooting with multiple victims in Norris Hall, saying the gunman has been arrested and that police are hunting for a possible second shooter. The entrances to the campus are locked.
12:00 p.m.: At a press conference, authorities said there may have been more than 21 people killed and 28 injured.
2:30 p.m.: AP reports at least 31 killed, including gunman.
3:40 p.m.: Virginia Tech confirms 22 dead.
4:01 p.m.: President Bush speaks from the White House regarding the shooting.
4:40 p.m.: The school holds a press conference with updates on the day’s events.
4:42 p.m.: Virginia Tech confirms 33 dead including the shooter.
7:30 p.m.: Third press conference.