Cho Seung-Hui's argument with his ex-girlfriend Emily Hilscher on Monday morning may have been what triggered the school shooting that killed 33 people (including Hilscher and Seung-hui) The school shootings began at 7am when Cho alegedly got into an argument with Emily Hilscher. Cho pulled out a gun and shot Emily. A student advisor who had rushed into the room to help Emily was also shot and killed. Some time between these two killings and the rampage that killed many more in Norris Hall...Read Full Story
BBC reports the following about Emily Hilscher , a victim of the Virginia tech shootings and ex-girlfriend of gunman Cho Seung-hui . Emily Hilscher, 19, from Woodville, Virginia, was studying animal and poultry sciences, and was known in her hometown as an animal lover. Some reports have suggested Emily was Cho's girlfriend, but police have denied this. Family friend John W McCarthy said: "She worked at a veterinarian's office and cared about them her whole life." She lived on the same floor...Read Full Story
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Contrary to other articles written on the matter, it has indeed been confirmed that Emily Hilscher was never in any kind of relationship with Seung-Hui Cho, the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech Massacre. She had been in a relationship with another man and had neither a friendship nor acquaintanceship with Cho.Read Full Story
Va. Tech killer Cho’s calculator for sale, renewing debate on ‘murderabilia’: So some scumbag who owns a scumbag website has gotten a hold of a Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus calculator that was once owned by Virginia Tech gunman and ultimate coward, Cho Seung Hui. It can be yours for a mere $3,700. Cho sold the [...]
Virginia Tech students wait before the college of engineering's commencement ceremony at Cassell Coliseum on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia May 12, 2007. On April 16 then Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 ...
Campus ProgressVirginia Tech Shooting Prompts New Calls for Campus Gun RegulationsCampus ProgressThe incident comes several years after then-Virginia Tech graduate student Seung-Hui Cho claimed 33 lives, including his own, in April 2007, the deadliest single-gunman massacre in US history. Such tragedies create fertile soil for gun lobbyists hoping ...Tech Killing Sparks Debate on Guns, Mental HealthWilliamsburg Yorktown DailyThe Shocking...
Emily Hilscher was a victim in the April 16 Virginia Tech massacre. She was in a relationship with the gunman, Cho Seung hui. 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...more
Emily Hilscher was a victim in the April 16 Virginia Tech massacre. She was in a relationship with the gunman, Cho Seung hui. 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.
... of the 32 victims of the Virginia Tech shootings began emerging today. Reports said the first two of the so far unnamed gunman's victims in the quiet town of Blacksburg were students Emily Hil
CBS News - Molly lived next door to the first victim of the massacre, Emily Hilscher, and two doors down from RA Ryan Clark, the second victim. Donohue tried to get into Hilscher's room but the do