This is from Gaming Today.
Virgina Tech student Daniel Kim committed suicide last month. A single gunshot to the head - self inflicted. While 
many will remember last years horrible shootings at VT were initially thought to be inspired by video games in the case of Daniel Kim gamers are now thought to have tried to help him.
According to the article on Gaming Today Daniel’s World of Warcraft friends reached out to officials at Virgina Tech and attempted to get them to intervene. Surprisingly, especially in light of recent violence, VT officials took no apparent action.
This contrasts with the reaction of Frostburg State University to notices from gamers. When Allieu Shaw told his Call if Duty 4 buddies that he was planning a shooting spree they notified the University. Frostburg State took those threats seriously and a potential disaster was adverted.
While the threats were different (Kim was suicidal, Shaw was violent) the result, death, was the same. Hopefully school officials will learn to take all concerned comments and warnings seriously in the future.
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