Obviously, the Va. Tech shooting is big news, but beyond the basics, there still isn't a lot of hard news out there.

There was a shooting this morning and then a couple of hours later, somebody went into a building and killed at least 32 people.

Was the early shooting done by the same person who killed all those people later in the day? We don't know. This new "Charles Whitman" is dead. What's his name? We don't know. There are so many blanks that aren't filled in at this point, it's hard to comment intelligently.

The politicians are already jumping in early however. The Houe has already had a moment of silence, Bush has a press conference at 4:15, and Va. governor Tim Kaine is on his way back from Japan to Virginia.

The inevitable cries for gun control have already started on the left side of the blogosphere, but the traditional apportioning of blame, explanations of how Bush is at fault for this tragedy, and calls for new legislation don't seem to have gotten started yet. That should start to change by later tonight or some time tomorrow at the latest.

So, for the moment, all that can be said is, "sorry for your tragic loss" to the friends and families of people who lost lives at Va. Tech.

* This thread will be updated later tonight as more information becomes available.