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Police Officer Killed at Virginia Tech a Veteran (Video)

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published December 9, 2011 at 7:03 AM PST

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

The police officer gunned down yesterday during a routine traffic stop at Virginia Tech was an Army veteran. CBS news reportsDeriek W. Crouse joined the Virginia Tech police force six months after the school's infamous 2007 massacre. Crouse was 39-years-old, married, with five children and stepchildren.

Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum told a news conference this morning:

CBS news has more on the story in this video report:

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Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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