Va. Tech Lifts Lockdown After Possible Gunman Seen On Campus – Alert Still In Effect [Video]

Virginia Tech, scene in 2007 of the deadliest shooting at a U.S. college, lifted its campus alert Thursday afternoon after three children attending an academic camp said they saw a man holding an object that looked like a gun covered by a cloth.

The alert went out around 9 a.m. this morning when a group of acedemic campers said they saw a man near the campus dinning area walking quickly towards the vollyball courts. The alert instructed students and employees to stay inside and lock their doors and said emergency personnel were responding to the situation.

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