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Police identify man they say killed Virginia Tech officer, himself
[Updated at 6:11 p.m. ET] Virginia State Police have identified Ross Truett Ashley, 22, as a man they say fatally shot a Virginia Tech police officer on Thursday before killing himself about 30 minutes later.
[Updated at 10:47 a.m. ET] The person that investigators believe fatally shot a Virginia Tech police officer on campus Thursday is not believed to have had any previous contact with the officer, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told reporters Friday.
Virginia Tech Police Officer Deriek W. Crouse and another man were fatally shot with the same gun on campus Thursday, police said. Police say they believe the second man matched the description of the gunman that shot the officer.
Investigators are "very confident" they know the identity of the person they believe shot the officer, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told reporters Friday. Authorities intend to reveal the person's identity after an official determination is made and the shooter's family is notified, Geller said.
The motive for Thursday's killing is still unknown, she said.
[Initial post, 9:15 a.m. ET] The suspected Virginia Tech shooter was not a student at the university, school spokesman Larry Hincker said Friday.
Hincker declined to provide any further detail on the identity of the alleged shooter, though Virginia State Police have scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m.
Ballistics evidence testing has officially linked Thursday's two fatal shootings on the Virginia Tech campus, state police said earlier Friday.
Both Virginia Tech Police Officer Deriek W. Crouse and another man were shot with the same gun.
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Wasn't a student, j@cka@ss.
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Thoughts and prayers to the family of Officer Crouse.
Viginia Tech really had nothing to do with this shooting, other than it happened on its campus! The shooter was not a student & he did not threaten or shoot students! My sympathies go out to the officers family & also to the disturbed young mans family! Neither deserved the outcome of this tragic event! I do hope we'll learn the reason for the shooting! It seems like he wanted to take some1 w/him on his suicide mission! Why??
Something wrong with Virginia Tech. It's a magnet for all things violent. In 2009 a Va Tech student had her head cut off in the school cafeteria. In 2007 32 people got slaughtered. In 2011 a policeman was shot. These are not 'everyday' type of crimes, these are spectacular. Someone better look into it, maybe it's the water.
Bad ju ju this man was but my heart goes out to all affected by these actions
Stupid MF, he should have just shot himself not that poor police officer.
I just hope the dude isn't Asian, like the other two killers were...maybe it IS the water...
Mustn't he be called a 'TERRORIST'?
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