Friday night mass shooting near Virginia Tech at hookah lounge in Blacksburg

A number of people were wounded during a shooting that took place late Friday night at a bar near Virginia Tech in downtown Blacksburg.

Shots rang out a block from the university’s campus at the Melody Hookah Lounge a few minutes before midnight Friday, according to a statement from Blacksburg Police. 

Multiple people were taken to a local hospital, police said.

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