Virginia Tech Shootings

There is a lot of speculation that VT police and administration didn't do enough to notify students that there was a shooting in East Ambler Johnson residence Hall and that better notification may have saved lives in the later shooting at Norris Hall.

It's possible, but look at this: after the shooting at East AJ occurred, a "person of interest" had been detained. The police had no reason to think that another shooting was about to occur. Who could possibly have expected that a bloodbath was about to occur in a building on the other side of the campus? That would suppose that someone had either knowledge that the shooter was still loose on campus or that someone was psychic.

I can't blame the police, campus or state police. I can't blame the university administration either. They thought the incident was over and had no way of knowing that the carnage was about to begin.

Put yourself in the place of the police and administration. Can you honestly say that you would have done anything differently? I can't.

People want to be able to blame someone, to point fingers and say, "You're responsible for this and here's why...." Sorry, but this is a tragedy that lies at the feet of one person: Cho Seung-hui. The shooter.