Virginia Tech Story Evolved Suddenly into Tragedy

NPR

Published April 16, 2007 at 4:00 PM EDT

This morning, news spread quickly that there had been a shooting at a Virginia Tech dormitory at 7:15 a.m. But two hours later, police say, the same gunman entered a classroom in Norris Hall and killed more than two dozen people.

Robert Siegel talks with Rosa Duarte, bureau reporter for WSLS TV, based in Roanoke.

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