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Police officer, shot, killed on Va. Tech campus, gunmen no longer at large

A Virginia Tech University police officer was shot and killed on campus today during a routine police stop. Reports have emerged that a second victim that was reported was actually the gunman, though university and law enforcement officials have not yet confirmed that.

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