Virginia Tech Gunman

Virginia Tech Gunman

A gunman attacked Virginia Tech's campus on April 16th, 2007 and killed over 20 people in the worst school shooting in US history. Seung-Hui Cho has been named as the shooter. Seung-Hui Cho was a 23 year old senior student at Virginia... [more]

A gunman attacked Virginia Tech's campus on April 16th, 2007 and killed over 20 people in the worst school shooting in US history. Seung-Hui Cho has been named as the shooter. Seung-Hui Cho was a 23 year old senior student at Virginia Tech. Track breaking news about the Virginia Tech gunman and record facts about his attack on the otherwise peaceful campus.

The identity of the gunman has not yet been released by Virginia police.

However, police have reported that the gunman was killed during the shootings.

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Cho Seung Hui sent package to NBC News between shootings

Written by The_Zimbio_Team on
At 9am Cho sent a package of video and pictures to NBC News.  The material shows Cho, the gunman in the Virginia Tech school shootings, holding a knife, hammer, and bullets - as well as pointing his gun at the camera.  “This may be a very new, critical component of this investigation,” said Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of Virginia State Police, the lead agency investigating the shootings.  “We’re in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evaluate its worth.” Investigators are trying to use this new evidence to shed light on the killers motives and also to determine if he was working ... Read Full Story

Package for NBC

Written by DaveLucas on
Tags: Cho Seung-Hui , Ismail Ax , Virginia Tech Why NBC? Materials Cho Seung-Hui sent to NBC appear to have been mailed in the two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire in a high-rise dormitory and the second fusillade, at a classroom building, according to the time stamp on the package, NBC reports.The package included digital images of Cho holding weapons and a manifesto with sentiments similar to the dorm room notes. The document “rants against rich people and warns that he wants to get even,” according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because ... Read Full Story

Welcome to our blog about the Virginia Tech Gunman

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This is our group blog, which is unique because any Zimbio member can post an entry to it. Some members blog about recent news and trends related to the portal topic, others recount relevant personal stories. You can also comment on and rate existing blog entries, to voice your opinion and to help the community identify which members and entries on the portal are must-reads. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this portal? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own blog entry ! Read Full Story

Memorials For The Dead Virginia Tech Murderer Along With His Victims?

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Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 students and faculty and then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, on April 16, 2007. Memorials sprang up all over town and on campus for the 32 victims. Curiously, several had an extra memorial added to remember Cho who some feel was a victim of the system. Does a murder of innocent people deserve to be memorialized with his victims? (more…) Read Full Story

Cho Seung-hui named as the Virginia Tech gunman

Written by Tony on
Cho Seung-hui was identified as the gunman in the Virginia Tech school shootings. Over 30 people were killed in the shootings, mostly occuring at Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. Seung hui was 23 years old and was a senior at Virginia Tech. He was an english major.He killed himself at the end of the shootings. Virginia Tech University spokesman Larry Hinker called Cho Seung hui a "loner" and said Virginia Tech officials were having a hard time finding information about Cho. It appears that Cho carried two weapons and multiple cartridges of ammunition.  After shooting two people in the early morning, Cho ... Read Full Story
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Kimberly Munley ended Fort Hood rampage using Virginia Tech lessons
Lessons learned from the horrific Virginia Tech shootings in 2007 are credited with averting an even bigger massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday afternoon when police officer Kimberly Munley confronted the gunman without waiting for backup and took him down with four shots. Reviews in the aftermath of the shootings at Virginia Tech, where 32 died, found that first responders' decision to be careful and wait for backup probably cost lives as...  
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Va. Tech advises Army on Texas shootings response
(The Associated Press) Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood.University spokesman Mark Owczarski (oh-ZAR-skee) says that Virginia Tech President Charles Steger (STEE-ger) and about a dozen administrators had a teleconference with Pentagon...  
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Suspected Fort Lee gunman a Virginia Tech grad
An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood, Texas, Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.  
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Death toll rises to 13 in Fort Hood shootings
Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist and Virginia Tech graduate trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.  
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Suspected Fort Hood gunman a Virginia Tech grad
Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.  
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Ft. Hood Shootings Suspect Has Local Ties
ABC 7 has confirmed the Fort Hood mass shootings suspect has significant ties to our region. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan has ties to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Virginia Tech University.from ABC 7 News  
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Fort Hood Shooting Reminiscent of School Shootings
Fort Hood Shooting Reminiscent of School ShootingsFSU Bottom LineWhile the shooting brings back all too fresh memories of the Winnenden, Germany shooting in March and the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, attention returns ...  
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Does Virginia Tech breed mass murderers?
WAVY-TVDoes Virginia Tech breed mass murderers?Examiner.comOh and Hasan is a Virgina Tech alumni. Remember when Sung-Hui Cho (an unstable nerd) who started shooting his fellow classmates with two handguns (while ...Va. Tech advises Army on Texas shootings responseThe Associated PressFt. Hood as Virginia Tech and Major Hasan as Anita Hill ?Race 4 2012 (blog)Virginia Tech Reaches Out to Fort HoodWSETWDBJ7.com -WSLS.com -Virginia Tech Collegiate...  
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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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