A lot of criticism has been directed at Virginia Tech officials and the local police over their delay to notify students of the first two killings at 7:15 A.M. Specifically, if there was an unknown gunman on the loose, why didn't they order an immediate lockdown of the campus?
When police arrived at the dormitory to investigate reports of shots fired and discovered two victims, they immediately focused their attention on the female student's boyfriend. Other students told officers that the boyfriend had dropped off Emily Hilscher moments before she was killed, and that he owned a gun. Police then immediately focused on Karl D. Thornhill. After all, statistics prove that the vast majority of time, it's the husband or boyfriend who did it.
An APB was quickly issued, Thornhill was pulled over on a nearby highway, and he was brought in for questioning. With him in custody, police were apparently satisfied that no further precautions were needed at the Tech campus.
It was during Thornhill's interrogation that reports of the second, more deadly round of killings began coming in.
This also explains why authorities were so reluctant to pin both incidents on one individual for much of the day.
When police arrived at the dormitory to investigate reports of shots fired and discovered two victims, they immediately focused their attention on the female student's boyfriend. Other students told officers that the boyfriend had dropped off Emily Hilscher moments before she was killed, and that he owned a gun. Police then immediately focused on Karl D. Thornhill. After all, statistics prove that the vast majority of time, it's the husband or boyfriend who did it.
An APB was quickly issued, Thornhill was pulled over on a nearby highway, and he was brought in for questioning. With him in custody, police were apparently satisfied that no further precautions were needed at the Tech campus.
It was during Thornhill's interrogation that reports of the second, more deadly round of killings began coming in.
This also explains why authorities were so reluctant to pin both incidents on one individual for much of the day.
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