2 women shot at Virginia community college; suspect detained

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Official: 2 women shot at Virginia community college; suspect detained

By Devon Sayers and Greg Botelho, CNN
updated 5:54 PM EDT, Fri April 12, 2013



VA college shooting suspect in custody

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Two women are shot in a New River Community College campus inside a Virginia mall
• They are transported to hospitals for treatments of gunshot wounds
• The suspect is in custody, a Christiansburg, Virginia, city spokeswoman says
• The incident happened about 6 miles south of Virginia Tech's campus

(CNN) -- Two women were shot Friday at a New River Community College campus located inside a mall in Christiansburg, Virginia, a town spokeswoman said.
The suspected shooter has been taken into custody, spokeswoman Becky Wilburn said in a statement.
"The mall is presently being cleared of shoppers and to ensure there are no further victims," she said midafternoon. "At this time, we do not believe there is any continuing threat to the community at large."
One victim was flown by helicopter; the other took an ambulance to a hospital, according to Wilburn.
No details were offered on the women's identities or conditions, nor was any information released on the suspected shooter.
Around 1:55 p.m., someone called 911 to report a person with a gun and shots being fired within the southwest Virginia community college's satellite location. Officers were on site within five minutes.
A woman who works at a mall clothing store near the campus said the business locked down.
"We were a little in disbelief at first but we saw people running away from that area," Diana Greenman told CNN affiliate WDBJ.
The school announced on its Facebook page that its two campuses -- one in Dublin, Virginia, and the other at New River Valley Mall, where the incident occurred -- had been closed. Saturday's classes were canceled.
Montgomery County Schools were briefly locked down, but that order was later lifted.
　
　
　
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Victims recovering after double shooting at Virginia campus

Reuters – 49 mins ago

• View PhotoNeil Allen MacInnis of Christiansburg, …

(Reuters) - Two women were in stable condition on Saturday after being shot and wounded a day earlier by a community college student who opened fire at his school's satellite campus inside a southwestern Virginia mall, police said.
One of the injured women was a part-time employee of New River Community College and the other has been identified as a student there, according to the Christiansburg Police Department.
Both remained hospitalized in Roanoke and were not being named to protect their privacy, police said.
Authorities were investigating what prompted the suspected gunman, Neil Allen MacInnis, 18, to drive to the shopping center on Friday and shoot the two women at the mall-based campus.
The attack sparked pandemonium inside the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, a town on the fringe of the Blue Ridge Mountains about 30 miles southwest of Roanoke.
An eyewitness told Roanoke television station WSL Channel 10 that he saw the suspect pointing what appeared to be a shotgun at one woman in a lobby of the college adjacent to the mall, and heard her cry, "No, no, please."
Police said MacInnis, who was enrolled in New River Community College and completed a Christiansburg Police Department citizen academy program last year, was quickly subdued by an off-duty security guard and two police officers.
Investigators believe the gunman acted alone, Christiansburg Police Chief Mark Sisson said at a news conference, although he added that no motive had been established.
He said investigators were trying to determine whether any relationship existed between the suspected gunman and the two women.
　
MacInnis was charged with two counts of malicious wounding and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, the chief said. http://news.yahoo.com/college-student-charged-double-shooting-virginia-campus-021617492.html