Another bonehead shooting up my alma mater

We know nothing of the individual or his motives at this point.  However, there are a couple clues that I think this person is a "bad apple" and not doing this for attention. 

First, he killed a policeman at a traffic stop.  That suggests to me that he had extreme cause to keep his whereabouts unknown.  I suspect he is wanted for something else back up the road, and any sort of interaction with the law would have found that out.  Second, he had the situational awareness to abandon his vehicle immediately and knew where to go to get another one.  That last bit is supposition, as all that we know is the second victim was in the cage.  For non-VT folks, the cage is the parking lot where on-campus students store their cars.  My guess is that this fellow killed someone who was near their car and stole it.  My guess is that the killer is long gone.  It would not surprise me to discover that the car he was driving when pulled over was stolen. 

Finally, you are right about the people who live in and around Blacksburg.  Good people.  No one deserves this sort of thing, least of all them. 

- Zurf