Va. Tech locks down after officer, 1 other killed

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A gunman killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday on the campus of Virginia Tech, the school said, and students and faculty were told to stay inside university buildings as police searched for the suspect.

It was the first shooting on campus since 33 people were killed in 2007 in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry

Police officers block a road on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., after a gunman killed a police officer and another person Thursday. The school said a police of...