Photo Gallery Massacre at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech students run from Norris Hall as an ambulance crew arrives on the scene to assist the injured in Blacksburg, Va., the scene on Monday of one of the worst school killings in history.
Police carry the injured from Norris Hall at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg.
A Virginia State Police armored vehicle drives on the Virginia Tech campus: The police received the first 911 emergency call at 7:15 a.m.
Area law enforcement officers take up position on Clay Street on the Virginia Tech campus: Students at the university claim they were left in the dark for up to two hours after the initial murder in a campus dorm. The shooter would later kill dozens in another building across the campus.
A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at least 33 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in US history.
State and local police wait for a building to be cleared by police on the Virginia Tech campus. After the first shots were fired, police warned students to remain in the university's buildings and stay away from any windows.
An unidentified man sits handcuffed under the Drill Field review stand while officials check Burruss Hall for safety following the shooting. Around 26,000 students are currently enrolled at Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger: "Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider to be of monumental proportions. The university is shocked and indeed horrified."
Charles Steger and the head of the campus police, W.R. Flinchum. Days before the massacre, Virginia Tech had also received two bomb threats -- one on April 2 and another on April 13.
Mark Begly, of Blacksburg, Virginia prays during a vigil held at the Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church.
