Va. Tech student fatally stabbed; suspect caught

from WOI TV

A female student has been stabbed to death on Virginia Tech’s campus, the first killing at the school since a deadly mass shooting there in 2007.

The killing happened Wednesday night. It triggered a crisis notification system that was revamped after the shooting rampage. An electronic warning notified students they should stay in place while police investigated. Students were told about an hour later they could resume normal activity.

According to a university news release, a male suspect was taken into custody by campus police responding to an emergency call. Officers are said to have found the man and a knife they believe was used at the scene, a cafe in the Graduate Life Center.

Both the victim and the suspect are graduate students at Virginia Tech. Police believe they knew each other.