You Just Never Know–What Makes a Person Snap?

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TonightWUSA 9 NEWS had a fairly long story on the Woodbridge campus NVCC shooting. There were several articles with updates and interviews on their website. It is hard to imagine just how lucky we really were yesterday. According to one of the WUSA 9 articles:

MANASSAS, Va. (WUSA) — A former high school teammate says suspected shooter, Jason Hamilton, was a “quiet” person who ran varsity track in high school.

“We used to have pasta parties at his house before [track] meets,” says 19-year-old Jarrod Zong. He says he graduated last year with Hamilton from Hylton High School.

Hamilton has been charged with shooting inside a classroom in NOVA’s Woodbridge campus, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.

“Definitely one of the nicest people on the team. Just a quiet guy. I ran with him four years. Athletically, he came out of his shell. I didn’t see it coming,” says Zong.

9NEWS NOW saw Zong drop off flowers on the door of Hamilton’s house at the 14000 block of Baneberry Circle in Manassas.

Zong says he ran track and cross country with Hamilton. He says the track team was a second family to the suspected shooter.

9NEWS NOW obtained the charging documents from Prince William County Court. The documents indicate that Hamilton brought a bag with a hunting rifle into the classroom. He shot and missed the professor, Tatyana Krvchuck, twice. Hamilton later confessed to his actions

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Gunman Arrested on NOVA-Woodbridge Campus

Shots were fired on the NOVA-Woodbridge campus this afternoon.  The shooter is in custody and law enforcement is doing safety sweeps.  Insidenova.com reports:

Police confirmed that shots were fired Tuesday afternoon at the Woodbridge campus of the Northern Virginia Community College.

Police said that a student armed with a high-powered rifle entered the main administration building at about 2:40 p.m.

Police responded to the call and treated it as an “active shooter” situation and the college implemented its emergency lockdown procedures, police said.

Police have one man in custody and said there are no injuries reported at this time.

More information will be released and we will update on the thread.  According to witnesses, gunshots were heard and teachers told students to run.  Thank goodness no one was injured.

UPDATE (5 PM):  From insidenova.com:

 Prince William County police spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Chinn says a student pointed a gun at a teacher in class Tuesday at the Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Chinn says the teacher ‘hit the floor’ when she saw the gun. The student has been arrested.