vt update

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Officials say campus is safe. Candlelight vigil to occur at 8 p.m. on Drillfield.

Police are not confirming identities of either dead person, other than to say first was a member of VT Police.

The most up to date story: Police officer was killed by a man in Coliseum Lot while making a traffic stop on an unrelated car.

Then the suspect fled on foot in the direction of the cage lot near Duck Pond. Police sighted suspicious man in the cage

When police made further efforts to make contact with the suspicious
man, they found him dead. A weapon was also found at that scene.