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Student shot video of campus shooting

POSTED: 5:48 p.m. EDT, April 16, 2007

Story Highlights

• Jamal Albarghouti shot dramatic video of the shooting on his cell phone
• Student said he knew the situation was serious when officers drew guns
• Video captured just feet from shooting, sound of gunfire can clearly be heard

(CNN) -- Virginia Tech graduate student Jamal Albarghouti captured dramatic video of the deadly shooting on his cell phone.


He was heading across campus to meet with an adviser, not knowing anything of the 7.15 a.m. dormitory attack that killed at least one person.


He was nearing Patton Hall when a man started shouting at everyone to get out of the way, Albarghouti told CNN. (Watch Albarghouti's video of police officers swarming amid the sound of gunfire Video)


He said he was only about 200 feet from Norris Hall, where the second round of shooting happened.


"I just turned around and left," he said, and that was when he ran into police officers rushing to the scene.