The events leading up to, during, and after the April 16th shootings at Virginia Tech.
Created by wsls on Aug 5, 2009
Last updated: 03/11/10 at 02:14 PM
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The university is declining to release the U.S. Department of Education's preliminary findings on its compliance with federal law on campus security that governs notification of threats to students and requires effective emergency plans.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/tech_wont_release_preliminary_education_dept._findings_on_april_16_shooting/83149/
The event will start at 8 a.m. rain or shine on Alumni Mall near the North Main Street entrance of campus and finish on the Drillfield near the April 16th Memorial. Participants may run or walk and there is no cost to participate in the event.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/3.2-mile_run_in_remembrance_to_start_vts_2010_day_of_remembrance/83117/
A preliminary schedule of public events and campus activities has been announced as Virginia Tech plans for its 2010 Day of Remembrance.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_a_day_of_remembrance_2010/81755/
The judge must decide if any of the defendants, including Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth, and counselors from the university's Cook Counseling Center, will be immune from civil action
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/judge_says_he_will_rule_on_virginia_tech_lawsuits_by_jan._15/68349/
The corrections confirm that on April 16, university officials locked down buildings and that some officials told their own families about the first shootings well before informing the rest of the campus
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/state_corrects_official_report_on_april_16th_tragedy/66507/
The Engineering Science and Mechanics Student Engagement Center is one of the six new rooms created when Virginia Tech renovated and re-opened the second floor of the west wing of Norris Hall
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_names_student_engagement_center_in_memory_of_liviu_librescu/61255/
“The records are remarkable for what they don’t contain,“ the families’ Reston-based lawyer, Robert T. Hall, said
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/families_say_chos_mental_health_records_contradict_virginia_tech/44090/
Records show Cho denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor a year and half before the April 16th tragedy
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_releases_chos_mental_health_records/43911/
Lynda Tran said the governor's office wanted to apologize to victims' families in case a letter from his lawyer yesterday did not make that clear.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/kaine_declines_to_reconvene_tech_panel/42863/
The circuit judges in Montgomery County say they cannot preside over the civil lawsuit filed by families of two slain students in the Virginia Tech mass shootings.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/judges_say_they_cannot_preside_in_virgina_tech_lawsuit_cases/42604/
On his monthly radio show, Gov. Kaine said that volunteer panel members who want to get involved again may, but he can't order them back to work.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/gov._kaine_says_some_april_16th_family_members_dont_want_vt_panel_renewed/42525/
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine says the Virginia Tech
Review Panel report from two years ago is being amended to account
for the two-year disappearance of the student gunman's mental
health records.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/kaine_says_review_panel_report_being_updated/42401/
Evelyn Brown, executive director of the Virginia Board of Psychology, which is the licensing agency for psychologists in the commonwealth, said Dr. Robert Miller did not appear to violate any written state regulations
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/cho_mental_records_holder_may_not_have_violated_state_regulations/42127/
Attorney Ed McNelis says Dr. Robert Miller accidentally placed Seung-Hui Cho’s records in a box he packed with his personal documents, when he was leaving his job at the center
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/lawyer_says_doctor_inadvertently_took_vt_gunmans_file/42118/
Evelyn Brown, executive director of the Virginia Board of Psychology, which is the licensing agency for psychologists in the commonwealth, said Dr. Robert Miller did not appear to violate any written state regulations
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/cho_mental_records_holder_may_not_have_violated_state_regulations/42127/
The missing mental health records were discovered in the home of former Cook Counseling Center director
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/gov._kaine_says_missing_seung_hui_cho_mental_records_found/41995/
The missing mental health records were discovered in the home of former Cook Counseling Center director
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/gov._kaine_says_missing_seung_hui_cho_mental_records_found/41995/
Before his death on April 16, 2007, German Instructor Jamie Bishop had been accepted into the art program at Virginia Tech.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_shooting_victims_artwork_on_display/40867/
Before his death on April 16, 2007, German Instructor Jamie Bishop had been accepted into the art program at Virginia Tech.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_shooting_victims_artwork_on_display/40867/
Jarrett Lane was one of the April 16, 2007 shooting victims at Virginia Tech. 48 people signed up on teams to honor the fallen Hokie. It was held at Castle Rock Golf and Recreation in Pembroke.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/jarrett_lane_memorial_golf_tournament_held_today_raises_money_for_scholarsh/39376/
Dozens came together to dedicate the house that was built in memory of the fallen Hokie, killed on April 16th
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/blacksburg_house_dedicated_to_ryan_stack_clark/39374/
Dozens came together to dedicate the house that was built in memory of the fallen Hokie, killed on April 16th
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/blacksburg_house_dedicated_to_ryan_stack_clark/39374/
The parents of Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson filed the lawsuits on the two-year anniversary of the tragedy
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/april_16th_lawsuits_transferred_to_montgomery_county_court/37592/
The scholarship is named in honor of one of the April 16th victims
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/jason_williams_earns_kiwanis_clubs_henry_lee_memorial_scholarship/36254/
The scholarship is named in honor of one of the April 16th victims
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/jason_williams_earns_kiwanis_clubs_henry_lee_memorial_scholarship/36254/
When Randa Samaha arrived at the University of Virginia, she figured she’d spend the next several years focused on earning her nursing degree and then possibly head home to work at a Northern Virginia hospital. Samaha’s plans, however, were abruptly changed on April 16th.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/uva_student_randa_samaha_began_gun_control_fight_after_sisters_death_on_apr/35640/
When Randa Samaha arrived at the University of Virginia, she figured she’d spend the next several years focused on earning her nursing degree and then possibly head home to work at a Northern Virginia hospital. Samaha’s plans, however, were abruptly changed on April 16th.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/uva_student_randa_samaha_began_gun_control_fight_after_sisters_death_on_apr/35640/
A banner was set up in front of the April 16th memorial on campus to honor the April 16, 2007 shooting victims who would have graduated this year.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_graduates_honor_fallen_hokies/35442/
A banner was set up in front of the April 16th memorial on campus to honor the April 16, 2007 shooting victims who would have graduated this year.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_tech_graduates_honor_fallen_hokies/35442/
All proceeds will benefit the Jarrett Lane Memorial Fund.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/jarrett_lane_memorial_golf_tournament_helping_kids_go_to_college/34907/
All proceeds will benefit the Jarrett Lane Memorial Fund.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/jarrett_lane_memorial_golf_tournament_helping_kids_go_to_college/34907/
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson claim some new accusations against Tech administrators in the 4/16 tragedy’s aftermath.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/lawsuit_by_victims_families_reveals_some_new_accusations/33379/
Even in this down economy, university leaders and the state have made it a point to take care of the center, which was so important in the aftermath of the April 16th tragedy.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/virginia_techs_cook_counseling_center_nearly_doubles_staff/33333/
A group of Virginia Tech students put on a special dance performance Thursday night to honor the memory of Reema Samaha
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/dance_for_reema_samaha/33332/
The Center for Peace and Violence Prevention hosted some victim’s families for a private presentation.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/norris_hall_peace_center_has_first_open_house/33323/
State Senator Creigh Deeds released the following statement on the second anniversary of the April 16th tragedy at Virginia Tech:
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/state_sen._creigh_deeds_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33342/
Relatives of slain students Julie Pryde and Erin Peterson filed the lawsuits in Fairfax County Circuit Court
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/two_april_16th_victims_families_sue_state/33322/
The Center for Peace and Violence Prevention hosted some victim’s families for a private presentation.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/norris_hall_peace_center_has_first_open_house/33323/
10 On Your Side caught up with Suzanne Grimes, the mother of Kevin Sterne. Sterne survived the shootings on April 16, 2007. As Grimes looks upon all the archives and memories from that day, she says she and her family are healing.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/survivors_mother_says_her_family_is_healing_after_april_16th/33321/
Relatives of slain students Julie Pryde and Erin Peterson filed the lawsuits in Fairfax County Circuit Court
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/two_april_16th_victims_families_sue_state/33322/
Two years after the tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus, a memorial to remember those who died that day. Among those on hand for the event were some of the first responders from the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad.
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/first_responders_continue_to_be_there_for_hokies_two_years_later/33319/
10 On Your Side caught up with Suzanne Grimes, the mother of Kevin Sterne. Sterne survived the shootings on April 16, 2007. As Grimes looks upon all the archives and memories from that day, she says she and her family are healing.
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/survivors_mother_says_her_family_is_healing_after_april_16th/33321/
Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Attorney General of Virginia, issued the following statement today on the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/bob_mcdonnells_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33313/
Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Signer released the following statement on the anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/mike_signers_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33312/
Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Signer released the following statement on the anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/mike_signers_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33312/
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling today issued the following statement in remembrance of the shootings at Virginia Tech
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/lt._gov._bill_bollings_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33306/
Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe released the following statement
http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/terry_mcauliffe_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33305/
“While the tragedy of April 16, 2007, touched us all, we know that 32 families continue to confront the deepest of all losses - the loss of a loved one, the loss of a life well-lived, and the loss of a bright and promising future,“ said Virginia Tech President Charles Steger told the crowd
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/new_river_valley/vt_tragedy/article/2000_attend_april_16th_memorial_service_on_drillfield/33308/
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling today issued the following statement in remembrance of the shootings at Virginia Tech
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/state_regional/govtpolitics/article/lt._gov._bill_bollings_statement_on_april_16th_2-year_anniversary/33306/
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