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Monday, April 16, 2007 12:00 AM

University officials waited two hours to warn campus, students say

With at least 33 dead and 29 wounded, some ask why the campus wasn't shut down after an early-morning killing.

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  • Tuesday, April 17, 2007 02:19 PM

    Cops thought it was a murder/suicide

    If someone already said this, forgive me (102 letters are tough to read through, I did some skimming), but as far as the "domestic dispute" goes: at first the cops thought that it was a MURDER/SUICIDE. When they didn't find a gun, then they went on to looking for the gunman, who they apparently thought had left the campus.

    I think that assuming nobody cared about a "domestic dispute" is naive and somewhat beside the point. In this case, they thought initially that they had the whole situation. And if it had been a murder/suicide, locking down the campus wouldn't have made any sense at all.

    Blame the school, blame the liberals (gun control), blame the NRA, blame the victims. Watching people balance their politics on the backs of 30 dead teenagers is an ugly sight.

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