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Officials Defend Police Response to VT Shootings

By Adam Hochberg

Published April 21, 2007 at 5:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

In the days after the Virginia Tech massacre, the actions of the university's police force have come in for criticism. Most of the questioning has centered on the first shooting, and the two-hour gap between it and the second shooting.

Officials have rebutted the criticism, saying the campus police — with a force of more than 30 full-time officers — had done a valiant job considering the circumstances.

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Adam Hochberg

Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Adam Hochberg reports on a broad range of issues in the Southeast. Since he joined NPR in 1995, Hochberg has traveled the region extensively, reporting on its changing economy, demographics, culture and politics. He also currently focuses on transportation. Hochberg covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, followed candidates in three Presidential elections and reported on more than a dozen hurricanes.

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