9:35 PM
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Slaying reported at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech police say a person has been killed in the Graduate Life Center on campus. A suspect is in custody, according to a text alert sent to the campus community at 7:44 p.m.
The original message warned people on campus to: "Stay where you are and stay vigilant. Stay away from the GLC." The newest message, posted on Tech's Web site, asks people to "avoid the vicinity ... otherwise, resume your normal activity."
A news conference was scheduled for 9 p.m.
The Graduate Life Center at the intersection of Otey Street and College Avenue opened for the 2005-06 school year in the former Donaldson Brown hotel as Tech's first-ever graduate student housing area. It houses more than 100 students.
The area is ringed in yellow crime scene tape, and Otey Street is closed. Students who live in the Graduate Life Center are not being allowed out of the building, and residents who were away at the time of the incident are not able to enter.