Virginia Tech campus closed

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No, it's not a return of Marcus Vick:



BLACKSBURG, Virginia (AP) -- Virginia Tech shut down its campus Monday and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and shooting a police officer near the university.

William Morva, 24, had been reported seen on the campus, authorities said.

The first day of classes was canceled for more than 25,000 students at Virginia Tech as a precaution. The extent of the campus officer's injuries were not immediately known.

"We did close the campus and asked people to stay in dorms and academic areas," campus Police Lt. Vincent Houston told The Associated Press.

Morva, a Montgomery County Jail inmate, escaped early Sunday after overpowering a sheriff's deputy at an area hospital, taking the deputy's gun and then shooting an unarmed hospital security guard, Blacksburg police said.

Police narrowed the search for Morva to an area that includes the Tech campus about one block from the Blacksburg Police Station.

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