Cho Seung-hui

Cho Seung-hui

Cho Seung-hui was identified as the gunman in the Virginia Tech school shootings on April 16, 2007. Over 30 people were killed in the shootings, mostly occuring at Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. Seung hui was 23 years old. He... [more]

Cho Seung-hui was identified as the gunman in the Virginia Tech school shootings on April 16, 2007. Over 30 people were killed in the shootings, mostly occuring at Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. Seung hui was 23 years old. He was from Centreville, Virginia. He killed himself at the end of the shootings.

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Judge hears arguments in Va. Tech lawsuit

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A judge is considering whether to dismiss a lawsuit by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech. The families claim the school delayed warning the students about an earlier shooting on campus and they are seeking $10 million. A circuit judge is hearing arguments in the case Monday. The parents of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde sued the state, the school and employees as well as the estate of the student gunman, Seung-Hui Cho (sung-wee joh). The families have said they want someone held accountable for the shootings. Most families accepted a share of an $11 million state ... Read Full Story

Mass shootings in recent years

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Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: ___ Nov. 5, 2009: The Army says 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage at its Fort Hood base in Texas. Army officials initially said the suspected gunman was among the dead, but later said he survived and was hospitalized. April 3, 2009: A 41-year-old man opened fire at an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 11 immigrants and two workers. Jiverly Wong, a Vietnamese immigrant and a former student at the center, killed himself as police rushed to the scene. March 10, 2009: ... Read Full Story

Mass shootings in recent years

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Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: ___ Nov. 5, 2009: The Army says 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage at its Fort Hood base in Texas. Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that one shooter, an Army officer, was killed and two other soldiers were apprehended as suspects. April 3, 2009: A 41-year-old man opened fire at an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 11 immigrants and two workers. Jiverly Wong, a Vietnamese immigrant and a former student at the center, killed himself as police rushed ... Read Full Story

Police: Va. Tech Web posting not a direct threat

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Virginia Tech police are investigating written messages on YouTube that threaten a mass shooting at the university, but believe there is no direct threat to the school. Police informed students and faculty of the investigation in an e-mail late Wednesday night, saying that state police and the FBI are assisting. University spokesman Mark Owzcarski says authorities believe the threats may have originated in Europe. A YouTube user created a Web page under the name "nextvirgtechkiller" that included the statements "the massacre is incoming" and "next massacre is incoming." The page is no longer available. Virginia Tech was the scene of the worst mass shooting ... Read Full Story

Roanoke gun shop

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The Roanoke Times reported: Cho Seung-Hui bought one of the two handguns used in yesterday’s Virginia Tech shooting at a Roanoke gun shop. John Markell, owner of Roanoke Firearms on Cove Road, answered questions about Cho;s purchase. Markell said he was not in the shop when Cho bought the gun but said nothing stood out about the purchase. Cho paid $571 for the gun and a box of 50 9mm bullets, Markell said. "... It's bad enough watching the news to find out what he did," Markell said. "... But to find out he bought it here makes it so much worse." Check out ... Read Full Story

New records: Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts

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Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The missing files for Seung-Hui Cho were released Wednesday, nearly five weeks they were discovered at the home of the former director of the university's counseling center. The files mostly contain forms from three counseling "triage" sessions released by Virginia Tech after his Cho's family agreed to make them public. Cho's family needed to give permission for the release because of privacy laws. Cho denied the homicidal thoughts in a session with counselor Sherry Lynch ... Read Full Story

New records: Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts

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Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The missing files for Seung-Hui Cho were released Wednesday, nearly five weeks they were discovered at the home of the former director of the university's counseling center. The files were released by Virginia Tech after his family agreed to make them public. Cho's family needed to give permission for the release because of privacy laws. Cho committed suicide after killing 32 students and faculty members in a dormitory and classroom building on the Blacksburg campus on ... Read Full Story

Va. Tech shooter's mental health records surface

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The discovery of missing mental health records of the Virginia Tech gunman has victims' families and the governor questioning the thoroughness of the criminal investigation into the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The evidence eluded authorities for more than two years until Seung-Hui Cho's files turned up at the home of a former university counseling official, angering families still struggling to understand how the killer fell through the cracks at the university. The development, disclosed in a memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, represents another embarrassing lapse in the case. "Deception comes to my mind in my first response," said Suzanne ... Read Full Story

Gunman who caused Florida campus alert still at large

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Police were searching Friday for a gunman who caused a two-hour emergency alert at the University of South Florida. A Tampa police spokeswoman told local media the suspect was a black male driving a gold Saturn car. The suspect prompted the university alert when he placed a call to the local county crisis center at 12:15 pm (1615 GMT), university police said. "The caller was on campus in a parking lot adjacent to our bioscience parking lot... and (said) that he had a gun and that he was willing to use it," university assistant chief of police Major JD Withrow told AFP. "We got ... Read Full Story

Call from gunman forced Florida campus alert

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A call from a gunman caused a two-hour emergency alert at the University of South Florida Friday and prompted a police search that failed to find the suspect. The campus police force responded to a call at 12:15 pm (1615 GMT) placed to the local country crisis center. "The caller was on campus in a parking lot adjacent to our bioscience parking lot... and (said) that he had a gun and that he was willing to use it," university assistant chief of police Major JD Withrow told AFP. "We got the call, we dispatched officers immediately. We activated our emergency notification system." The system ... Read Full Story
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One of the images that Cho sent to NBC News

One of the images that Cho sent to NBC News

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Report shows gap in timeline of Virginia Tech shootings
Washington PostReport shows gap in timeline of Virginia Tech shootingsCNN International... but later students were allowed to leave, some of whom went to classes in Norris Hall, where gunman Cho Seung-Hui, 23, unleashed his deadly onslaught. ...Revised VT Report Exposes New Details of ShootingSecurity ManagementRevised state report on Va. Tech shootings shows more gaps in university responsesGaea TimesReport: Va. Tech officials warned their...  
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Va. Tech Massacre: Campus warning delayed
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Some Virginia Tech administrators warned their families and ordered the president's office locked well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose, according to a revised state report on the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.  
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Va. revises Virginia Tech shootings report
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A state panel has revised its report on the 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech, modifying accounts of how long it took the school to alert the campus. The panel also added details about Seung-Hui Cho's (sung-wee joh) troubling behavior and information from his mental-health records. Cho killed 32 before fatally shooting himself. Gov. Timothy Kaine agreed to the revision, which was made public Friday, to reflect new...  
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VIRGINIA TECH: Corrections
Many Virginians no doubt have grown weary of debates over the minute—in both senses of the word—details of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Nailing down the precise timeline strikes many as a pointless exercise that cannot bring back the dead or punish the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho. Stop picking the scab and let it heal, they advise. That is certainly an understandable sentiment. But the initial state report on the massacre failed to...  
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Va. Tech officials waited to alert faculty, students
Virginia Tech administrators locked down the president's office and notified their family members more than an hour before they alerted faculty and students to a shooting on campus, a supplement to the state's report on the April 2007 mass killing shows. The details released Friday offer new insight into what university officials did and didn't do after Seung-hui Cho shot students Emily Hilscher and Ryan Christopher Clark in Miss Hilscher's...  
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EXCLUSIVE: State corrects official report on Tech shootings
The state is correcting its official report on the Virginia Tech massacre to confirm that university officials locked down buildings and that some officials told their own families about the first shootings well before informing the rest of the campus. That notice, which did not warn the campus that a shooter was at large, came about 15 minutes before shooter Seung-Hui Cho began his second round of killings about 9:40 that morning, in Norris...  
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Staff warned their families first
Blacksburg police officers run from Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., on April 16, 2007. Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before turning the gun on himself.  
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Emily Hilscher
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Emily Hilscher was a victim in the April 16 Virginia Tech massacre.

She was never in a relationship with the gunman, Cho Seunghui. Reportedly, Cho got into an argument with Emily in the early morning on Monday April 16th. Cho pulled out a gun and killed Emily, as well as a student advisor who had come to the room because of the argument.

Later that day, Cho killed many other faculty and students in nearby Norris Hall .

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Audio and Podcasts about the Virginia Tech Shootings
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Podcasts from April 17th news conference:

 President Steger
(3.2 MB; Length 3:22)

Police Chief Wendell Flinchum
(2.7 MB; Length 2:52)

State Police Col. Steve Flaherty
(3.2 MB; Length 3:23)

State Medical Examiner Marcella Fierro
(1.6 MB; Length 1:43)

State Secretary of Public Safety John Marshall
(3.1 MB; Length 3:20)
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