JMU responds to shooting, The Breeze page 3 James Madison University's Student Newspaper \o/. S4, Issue >2 Thiirsiliiu, April I1), 2007 ph.*..-. by KVAN DYSON \rm.n phnmvaphtt Students, faculty and community member! express their emotion* at a candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech Tuesday night, the day after 33 were killed In two separate shootings. Timeline All eyes on Tech as campus begins to cope 7:15 a.m. with shooting that claimed 33 of its own \ irj;ini;i Tech HI I \ vs DYSON \orns Hall. According to police, the re- between the shootings Police Department '-irimiv.'f'iy (i/iiVr spemding officers found the front doora barri- At press time, police had not yet pn>- recedes Mil cull In caded and chained from the inaide i toes at vided details regarding the identities ol the Students and faculty .it Virginia lech an cess was gained to the building, shots COUld victims from the second shooting. Official respond to West still in shook .liter Monday's massacre by .1 OS heard on the second BoOf As the officers information will be made available only after ''. Amhler Johnston Knit' gunman th.it resulted in the deaths nt 13 approached the ares ot the gunfire, thai snoot- all of the victims are positiveh identified and ing caflaed. Acamiing to police, the gunman families are notified. As of Tuesday after- Residence Hall. people, including the shooter. Virginia lech Pieatdent ( harles Stager ex- took Ins own Ufebefore Officers reached IUHUI, all families had been notified but not tended fill ayinpalhiea ti« the famillaa M the him. Police found .VI victims throughout the all of the victims were positive!v identified 9:26 a.m. victims and . ailed the events "a tragedy that building In al least four classrooms. ,is well Dr. Marcella I lerro, thcHuct medical we consider ol nnmument.il proportions" as a stairwell I linduim also confirmed that examiner fot the Commonwealth of Virginia, I-.n tilts and students are noti- rhe shootings ,u Virginia lech ■irv the several individuals jumped out ol windows said that she is working to confirm the idcnti lied l>> e-mail of the homicide deadbcat on raoord In the United states, hev- during the incident in \orns Hall ties as quickly and carefully as possible. inf. monoMualbea than an) previous .itt.uk. I he gunman has been Identified M -' I- However, it will still be davs before this will Investigation at WAJ and asked with S3 confirmed dead and 15 injured. war old ( hoSeung Hiu. aseniorBngUah be complete torepni BBJ HHpidow activity. Al approximately 7:15 a.m. on Monday. maiorat \irginia leth Cho was (l resident Details regarding victims are becoming campus pouct nccived reports Of I shooting alien, original^ trum South Korea, who available via social networking sites like in rtisi Ambler lohnston Residence I lall. Ac- moved to the i tilted States in 1992 •>m\ Uvad 1 fcl 0IM and nrufpOCS 0PM and b\ family 9:45 a.m. cording to poUoti there were two confirmed In Centreville, UaoHoolhewaoanon cam- membera who have come forward to an- fatalities I lie h.ill serves as a co-ed under- pus resident and lived m I larpcr KesioViue nounce the death ol their child. VT I'D receises graduate housing complex tor 893 students Hall Officials originally declined to connect a second 911 cull According to pi'inc. the deaths wen According to police, chow who knew the separate shttoting incidents, as a ballistics 1 believed to be an Isolated event *i\u\ domeatin him described ( nose a loner He leg.dk evaluation had not Vat been completed to concerning a in nature purchased the weapons used In the snoot- ootnpaw them shooting in Morris At 911"1 a ni as police were inten lew Lng ings Snue theattacka, lav* enforcement has Parents ,uui students met thnHighout Hall. Responding | penon Ol mterest units were dispatched to SXei uled tWOSearch warrants on his dorm Monday night al the uiuVerait) lodge. The tha scene ol i second shooang in Norria Mall, room One ol the nth.MI search warrants Inn at Virginia lech, where hundreds ol officers find the on the opposite side ol campus dated Monda) lists retrieved items including members of the media also convened. doom harricaded According to students, an e-mail was sent a cruunrrom his closet knife, various types Members ot the Virginia State Police regarding the first incident, but»lasses re- oi locks, assorted notepads and other OKM U blocked the entrances to campus with their from the inside. mained in sssskm until the second shooting, menta, computer and computer related items, patrol cars And turned away motorists Mon raising eueetiona about university officials a digital camera and a dremel tool da) night 9:55 a.m. response. tVednesda) morning, police confirmed lech reopened at Ba m A*asday,but M hat you need to understand." said Vir- that t ho had been Involved with law 1 lasses were canceled ^nd counselors were Officials notify campus of the ginia Tech Police Chid Wendell Mm. hum, 'is enrorcement officials In 21x1^ as .1 result "t on hand to speak with students. I he same second murder scene. this is a campus ol over 2*600 ai res well ovti complaints filed in two female sudenta. day, Va. lech President Steger announced ■ hundred buildings, 26\0OO students, ta. uh) Policesaid thai fbOowing a counseling see- that «lasses are canceled for the rest ol the and stall A lockdown or shutdown doa not sion at the police department he waa oent to Week \orris Hall will be Hosed lor the rest happen in SSCOndS " a mental health taeilitv. but no charges were of the semester ( i implicating matters further is the tact hied against him. According to Hinchum, the results of thdiappri'xiniaU'U 6,000 students live on \iu alsoconArmed thai ( ho mailed a the ballistics analysis confirmed that one of campus package to its office containing photographs llt.inaiitrilv ol the lalalilies OOCUIted in and n ntings. ,md is believed to ha\»' clone so »er SHOOTINli. page 5 Hditor: Kelly Conniff BditOf Shcll> Neel 2'Thursday. April 19,2007 Page II (340)3684749 ADVERTISING POLICE LOG Possession of marijuana The Breeze STAFF BY Knn CUNMblfliur writer Ads Manager: A |\ll student w.is charged with possession of marijua- : lltf Mar) hMMaCHM| na at Potomac Hall April S at 4:30 p.m. MMMI BvaaOyna Gil Harrison Larceny N'HM rdiM MHq Hopkin* Assistant Ads NfUV fJlh" Kaldgfe IMM Manager A JMU student reported the theft of .i black l-pod from A JMU student was charged with possession of manful \ M MM aM • |**n Park a parked vehicle in R-3 Lot April 12 between 1 p.m. and n.i ,il .it the UREC tennis cm rts April 16 at 11:27 p.m. Opinion nfifix Ann* loune. Erin Riley Ads Design Lead: 540 p.m. KrIU hshn Possession of marijuana, possesion of fireworks ***( -4<- Mi-*™ WHBMM Lindsay Norment SfOHt ftrl'f Inn I hj|Mlun Online/Specialty A JML' student reported the theft of a resident parking ■ Mjtthrw McGovrm decal from a vehicle in R-l Lot between April 10 at 8 p.m. A |\H student w.is charged with possession of manjua- Copv nfifi" kcll* ( ..nnill Account Executive and April 11 at 12 p.m. na and possession of fireworks ,il Bagle Hall April 14 .it C«py «iir.« Shelly NMl Ashley Kancherla 8:43 p.m. Pfcwv. i AjronSlrwirt Ad Executives: ■ 1 JU r.-n P«k Ryan Waldron A JMU student reported the theft of a purse, three cell Ink Pilwr Underage possession of alcohol, underage con- Onhwnhtor Bryan Pope phones and a JAC Card left unattended in a hallway of MMtan Aim NrckowiU sumption of alcohol rtof.fr Sornkwn Elisa Thompson Godwin Hall April 9 at an unkown time. Lyndsay Hooper 2 JMU students were charged with underage possession Brittany Hanger Drunk in public, underage pos.ses.sion of alcohol, of alcohol and underage consumption of alcohol at the Contact Us Ad Designers: Godwin Hall bus stop April 13 at 10:34 p.m. The Breeze is published Monday Eric Trott A JML student was charged with drunk in public and un- and Thursday mornings and dis- Maggie Noctor dCffsn possession of alcohol in the Dingledinc i Kill UM Drunk in public, underage possession of alcohol, tributed throughout James Madi- Peter Dwyer April Mat 12:10a.m. possession of fictious ID son University and the local Har- Michael Smith nsonburg community Comments Drunk in public A JMU student was charccd with drunk in public, under- and complaints should be ad- Fareine Suarez dressed to Mary Frances Czarsty. age possession ol alcohol and possession ol a fictions II) editor A JMU student wascharged with drunk in public at Cod- April 15 2:26 a.m. MAILING ADDRESS win Hall April 12 at 6:10 p.m. Main Telephone: Property damage (540) 568-6127 The Breeze Fax (540) 568-6736 A non-student was charged with drunk in public at R-3 G1 Anthony-Seeger Lot April 14 at 2:06 a.m. A JMU student reported$l,300 damage to doors ol two Editor: Mary Frances Czarsty Hall vehicles in R-l Lot April 14 between 12 p.m. and 2:20 (540) 568-6749 MSC 6805 p.m. ed/rorOfhebrBeze.onj czarstmfQjmu. edu James Madison CORRECTIONS Number of drunk in publics since Aug. 28:77 University Number of parking tickets since Aug. 28:19,780 News Desk: Harrisonburg, Virginia In the April 76 issue of The Breeze the winners of (540) 568-8041 22807 newsOtnebrsere.