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Emily Jane Hilscher

Emily HilscherEmily Jane Hilscher came to Virginia Tech from rural Rappahannock County and was majoring in animal and poultry sciences.

"You hear about people in other places mourning the loss of a child of great potential and great hope, and now we’re the ones that have to bear that great loss," Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy, a family friend, said last night.

"It’s a great loss to the county, and a terrible, terrible tragedy to the family," McCarthy said. "The Hilschers are strong people, and this is a strong community, and they’ll have our support. And the best we can hope for is a time of healing."

Loretta Moon is a neighbor of Hilscher’s family in the Rappahannock community of Woodville. "I knew her and her sister ever since they were small girls," Moon said.

Hilscher and Ryan Clark lived next door to each other on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall — in rooms 4040 and 4042. Clark was the other shooting victim killed in the dormitory that day.

— Jim Nolan, Media General News Service

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