Virginia Tech University website posted this news bulletin at 4:41pm EST (2141 GMT) to announce the lifting of a campus emergency
Virginia Tech University website posted this news bulletin at 4:41pm EST (2141 GMT) to announce the lifting of a campus emergency on December 8, 2011. A campus police officer was shot dead during a routine traffic stop in what news reports said was an exchange of gunfire. A second victim was found in a nearby parking lot, Virginia Tech said in a statement. The Virginia Tech campus is located in the Shenandoah Valley roughly 250 miles (400 km) from Washington, D.C. Reuters

The active threat at Virginia Tech has ended after two people were reported killed on the campus on Thursday, the university reported in its Twitter feed, citing law enforcement agencies. TV news reports indicated the suspected shooter was one of the dead.

Law enforcement agencies have determined there is no longer an active threat or needed to secure in place. Resume normal activities, the university's tweet read.

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