Virginia Tech honors 32 people killed in 2007 shooting: ’It was devastating'

Virginia Tech community remembers victims

Faculty, friends, family members and students gathered Thursday to remember the 32 people killed on Virginia Tech’s campus in 2007.

Never forget: Virginia Tech marks 19 years since campus shooting that claimed 32 lives

Nineteen years after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, the community at Virginia Tech gathered to remember the 32 lives lost.

Virginia Tech 19th Day of Remembrance

Virginia Tech held a series of ceremonies Wednesday to mark 19 years since a gunman killed 32 people on campus in what was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

Virginia Tech honors 32 people killed in 2007 shooting: ’It was devastating'

BLACKSBURG, Va. Thursday, April 16 marks 19 years since a gunman killed 32 students and faculty members and injured 17 others in a mass shooting on the Virginia Tech campus. They ranged in age from 18 to 76 and represented a variety of academic areas and faith and ethnic groups, according to the universitys Remembrance page.University spokesperson Mark Owczarski was on campus on April 16, 2007, and said he remembered that day vividly.I remember …

Remembrance Day at Virginia Tech to honor 32 shooting victims

Ceremonies were hosted by Virginia Tech on Thursday to remember the 32 students and faculty members killed on campus on April 16, 2007. “They ranged in age from 18 to 76 and represented a variety of academic areas and faith and ethnic groups,” said portions of a statement listed on Tech’s We Remember webpage dedicated to the victims that provides a catalog of photos and other items connected to the tragedy. The events began at midnight with a me…

April 16 – Virginia Tech shooting leaves 32 dead

On April 16, 2007, 32 people died after being gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech by Seung-Hui Cho, a student at the college who later died by suicide. The Virginia Tech shooting began around 7:15 a.m., when Cho, a 23-year-old senior and English major at Blacksburg-based Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, shot a female freshman and a male resident assistant in a campus dormitory before fleeing the building. The post Apri…