Police on Friday identified the gunman who killed a police officer at Virginia Tech, scene of a deadly mass shooting in 2007, and then killed himself as a 22-year-old man attending a nearby college.

A gunman was on the loose on Thursday at Virginia Tech after he shot a police officer and possibly a second person, said the university, scene of a 2007 massacre in which 32 people died.

"Suspect rem

Officials at Virginia Tech university, scene of the worst school shooting in US history, on Thursday locked down the campus after reports of a person with a gun on campus.

"Person with a gun reported