BLACKSBURG, Va. - Local, state and federal investigators scoured a university campus in Virginia for clues to what set off the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history after a gunman shot two people to death in a dormitory Monday morning before making his way to a classroom building where, silently and coolly, he killed 30 more people before turning his weapon on himself, authorities said.

At least 15 other people were wounded in the shootings, which took place over 2½ hours at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Some of them were injured as they leapt to safety from the windows of their classrooms.

The shootings, which came just four days before the eighth anniversary of the Columbine High School bloodbath, in which two students killed 13 people and themselves near Littleton, Colo., created panic and confusion at the university, which was already on edge after two weeks of bomb threats.

After the scope of the carnage was clear, angry students and employees demanded to know why the first e-mail warning from police and administrators did not go out to them for more than two hours, even though the killer of two people was at large. By then, the gunman had struck a second time.

Nearly 50 victims
In all, 33 people died Monday at Virginia Tech, including the gunman. The 15 who were wounded were treated for gunshots or other injuries, authorities said. Their conditions were not reported.

Campus Police Chief Wendell Flinchum would not officially confirm that the two incidents were related, pending the results of the investigation, but he referred to only one gunman and said no other suspect was being sought. Numerous federal and local law enforcement officials told NBC News that the events were the work of a lone gunman.

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I wish the police would have shot him or something else other than him being a huge pussy and turning the gun on himself. He took the easy way out of it. Some people are just that f'ed up.

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I just heard about this on the news, the wife said it happen this morning and there where 2 ppl shooting ? not sure about that but..

the news said ppl were trying to jump out windows to get away from the gunner, and he would shoot them b4 they could jump

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This is insane! How f**ked up are people these days? Some people raelly are f**ked up in the head.

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Its very sad news indeed. My condolences go out to the families. Its terrible these things happen.

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"quietly killed" is the most scariest thing I've ever read.

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Ive just seen this on my MSN Messenger News when i signed in. Very sad news. Im still wondering, why he did it?

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We don't have all the facts yet, but this does raise a lot of questions.

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every day i get more and more distressed about the world we live in. what is wrong with people now. have we gone completely insane.
I almost can understand why people baricade themselves in their homes and refuse to come out and face the crappy world we seem to be living in.
what is to stop some wacko from walking into my son's day care and opening fire?? nothing. It upsets me more and more each day....

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