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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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  • Monday, April 16, 2007 05:39 PM

    Wait a Minute...

    ..."chains on doors"?? That sounds like pre-meditation to me. Perhaps the first two victims in the dorm were intended as decoys. This is getting very intriguing...and scary.

    And I would like to know how they could have missed this guy, moving across such a huge campus armed to the teeth. Somebody mentioned "two pistols", but gunning down 58 people as quickly as this guy apparently did requires a fully automatic assault rifle of some kind. I assume he walked the distance because of the two hour time difference, though I suppose he could have driven to the classroom building waited until everybody was settled into their 9am classes.

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