Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Tech, the site of the 2007 mass shooting that killed 33 people, is in lockdown after reports of a man armed with a handgun on campus. The university, formally known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and has more than 30,000 full-time students.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University massacre

A campus alert reported a man "holding what may have been a handgun" outside New Residence Hall East, yet police authorities and the Associated Press reported the man was seen outside of the Dietrick Hall dining center on the Blacksburg, Va. campus.