New Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

December 10. 2011

At Va. Tech, a Sense of Bewilderment, Sadness as Shooting Motive Remains Unclear

Virginia Tech university has been left with a "sense of bewilderment" after a second shooting, which resulted in two deaths, occurred at their campus this week. Ross Truett Ashley, 22 shot and killed police officer, Deriek Crouse, as he sat in his patrol car. Ashley then turned the gun on himself, when he was spotted by another officer. Crouse was a father of five and a veteran.

Ross Truett Ashley

Police have stated there was no connection between the two men. No motive has surfaced at this time. Ashley was enrolled at Radford University at the time of his death. He was a good looking young man with his life before him. What made him resort to the horrors of murder suicide.