This is so sad.
I live in VA, a couple of hours away from Tech, so we hear things about the school all the time on the local news. In addition to the horrible violence we have seen in recent years, there have also been deaths by car accidents (one of the massacre witnesses died), a skateboarding accident, students falling from windows or balconies (1 died). There has also been issues with students getting run over in the crosswalks by hit and run drivers. Not to mention the bad light brought by both the Vick brothers, Michael for dogfighting and Marcus for pulling a gun on a young guy in a fast food restaurant, and Peter Rose lost his scholarship to the school when busted for selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.
Not on the scale of the school's tragedies, but still very sad.
If I was a parent helping my children choose a college, it would be hard for me to choose Tech. I'm sure some of the above happens at lots of other colleges, but combined with the tragedies I just don't think it's a very safe place.
My heart goes out to the families of these two students. I hope they find who did this to them.