Virginia Tech reports gunman on campus

The alert said the gunman was reported near Dietrick Hall,a three-story dining facility. The dining hall is steps away from the dorm where the first shootings took place in 2007,when a student gunman from South Korea,Seung-Hui Cho,killed 32 people and then himself.

The school said on its website that three juveniles attending a camp at the school reported seeing a man holding what may have been a handgun. They said it was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort,and that the man was walking in the direction of the volleyball courts.

Officials said they are looking for a white man with light brown hair who is 6 feet tall.

Officials say the person is wearing a blue and white striped shirt,gray shorts and brown sandals. He was described as clean shaven,according to the university8217;s website.

Police from Virginia Tech,Blacksburg and Christiansburg are searching for the man,as well as Montgomery County sheriff8217;s deputies.