UPDATE 4PM: suspect was captured near the rugby field behind the south main Kroger. Now let’s see if I can get home. I’ve been gone since 8:30AM with little to do.
UPDATE 12:45PM: another sighting on campus. Neighborhood on lockdown. Looks like I’ll be spending the day in Christiansburg. Story is the top story on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and makes the front page of the Washington Post.
UPDATE 11:20AM: someone matching the suspect’s description was spotted in Squires student center. The building was evacuated. No cars allowed back into my neighborhood, even though classes were cancelled and students ordered to return home and stay indoors. Logan is attempting to walk back to the neighborhood. I’m at University Mall catching up with the intarweb.
I’m in my first class today, but I’ve already had some excitement. A prisoner escaped from the Montgomery County Jail (he was in the Montgomery Regional Hospital emergency room for a sprain). Apparently, he’s shot three people since escaping, one which was fatal. He’s hiding out on the Huckleberry trail between the trailhead at the Blacksburg library and where the trail crosses Tech Center Drive by the airport. Especially exciting, since I live less than 100 feet from this section of the trail. I drove to campus this morning.