An independent commission looking into the mass shooting last April at Virginia Tech announced today that it would delay the release of its report into the massacre to give panelists more time to complete their work.

The commission, appointed after the April 16 shootings by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, had been expected to release a 300-page report on Friday, but, after meeting for nearly 12 hours on Monday, now says it will complete its work sometime next week.

The commission was asked by Governor Kaine to plot a minute-by-minute timeline of events on the day of the shooting rampage and to look into the response of the university, law-enforcement officers, medical personnel, the medical examiner’s office, and other state agencies. However, it has come under criticism from the family members of some of the victims, who argue they should have been represented on the fact-finding commission.

Meanwhile, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported today that Virginia Tech would release the findings of an internal review of its safety, telecommunications, and information-exchange practices on Wednesday. —Karin Fischer