(WHDH) — The April 16, 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech claimed 32 lives, and at the time, was the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.
Twenty-seven students and five staff members were killed in their classrooms, including the only Massachusetts victim of the shooting, 20-year-old Ross Alameddine of Saugus.
He also attended Saint Mary’s Grammar School in Melrose.
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