Virginia Tech Police, FBI Look Into YouTube Threats

The Collegiate Times reports that the Virginia Tech Police Department and the FBI continue to investigate threatening postings made over YouTube and via e-mail this week, as rumors of more specific threats circulate.

University president Charles Steger sent an e-mail to the Tech community yesterday afternoon. The message was regarding an individual who has been creating threatening posts on YouTube as well as sending threatening e-mails to members of the Tech community, including students and university employees.

Steger’s e-mail stated that there have been many rumors circulating about a potential specific threat.

“The individual responsible has made threats about March 18 as a day of possible action when he might commit harm. Given all that this university has endured, I can understand how this can be very upsetting to the university community,” the e-mail said.

The Collegiate Times obtained a copy of an e-mail forwarded through multiple listservs and Facebook groups that addressed the alleged threat.

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Roanoke Times -Internet threats against Virginia Tech not believed to be credible

Virginia Tech officials urged calm this afternoon amidst news that e-mails and Internet postings originating in Italy contained threats of an attack on campus on Thursday.

Tech police, Virginia State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working on the case, and Tech police have said that the threats are not believed to be credible.

The case dates back to October, when a person or people using the screen name “NextKillerVirgTech” posted threats on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.com.

At least four Tech students interviewed by television reporters about those postings have since received unsettling e-mails alleged to be connected to the October incident.

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Malik Nadal Hasan Fort Hood Shooter Still Alive

Per the live briefing, Fort Hood shooter Malik Nadal Hasan, shot several times, is still alive and is hospitalized in stable condition.

At least one soldier opened fire on a military processing center at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, officials at the Army base said.

The gunman, who officials initially said was killed, is wounded but alive, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said.

Cone said that man is believed to be the only shooter. Two other soldiers briefly taken into custody after the incident were later released, a spokesman said.

The gunman, who officials said was wounded by emergency personnel, was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a law enforcement source told CNN.

A graduate of Virginia Tech, Hasan was a psychiatrist who was licensed in Virginia and was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to professional records. Previously, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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Virginia Tech Investigates Reported Sounds of Gunshots

UPDATE: The residence hall is directly across the street from a construction site, which could be the source of the sounds.

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Police at Virginia Tech are investigating “reported sounds of gunshots” on the campus, according to the school.

An alert on the university’s website says police are conducting a room by room search in Pritchard Hall on the Blacksburg, Va., campus. “Police have walked the halls and report NO residual smell of gunpowder,” WSET-TV reports.