Letters to the Editor

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. By Joe Eaton [2007-04-16]

• Tragedy

  I have a friend with a little knowledge of the situation (so this is a confirmed rumor, but nothing official) that says it initially looked like a boyfriend/girlfriend thing that ended tragically. Awful, but not the sort of thing that usually ends in a massacre. 20/20 hindsight says the school "should" have known, but realistically, the probability was low enough that locking down the school wouldn't have seemed necessary.

  The finger-pointing is going to get bad: blame the university, NRA, whatever. When it comes down to it, the gunman is responsible, and it's almost too bad he isn't alive to be shot 29 more times.

  -- Jan 9
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