White man, 6 tall, light brown hair, holding what they think was a gun, so, we should be clear they did not see a gun and the weapon was covered by a cloth or a covering. but they were alarmed enough to alert campus police, who then sent out this campus-wide alert at 9:37, a.m they sent out these words: person with gun reported at dietrick. stay inside. secure doors. emergency personnel responding. call 911. we have talked to some students on campus, who were very alarmed, obviously, to get that alert and i want to bring in now, molly henneberg who covered the school massacre at virginia tech in 2007 and it must send a shiver down your spine to hear something is happening again today on campus. reporter: we were the first national news crew there on campus the day of the shooting, and what was interesting, then,
okay, just to update you if you are just joining our conference, there is breaking news out of virginia tech, 9:09, three kids who are on the campus apparently attending camp, at the university, reported seeing a white male, 6 tall, light brown hair and they believed that he was holding a handgun. but they say it was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort and at 9:37 a.m. an alert: person with gun reported at dietrick, stay indoors, manners personnel responding, call 911 and the web site apparently crashed now and we are monitoring the situation, whether or not, the campus police and other authorities have found this suspect, we will let you know, we ll take a quick break and bring you back all of the developments as soon as we come back. hey, the new guy is loaded with protein!
After the massacre in april of 2007. for campuses and schools across the country, and how they could get ready and prepare, the early alert system to allow as many staff and students as possible, about a threat on campus. and, that model has been taken and used, in countless universities and schools across america today. alisyn: sending out everything to a blackberry, a cell phone, and as quickly as possible and, again, they are just being as direct and using an economy of words, here, person with gun reported near dittrich, as bill said, the dining hall, stay inside and secure doors and emergency personnel responding, call 911 for help and we haven t heard from the police yet about how they are responding or how widespread it is. bill: here s the timeline, it is now, 10:18, east coast time in blacksburg. at 9:47, virginia tech alert went out claiming a person was