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... Read Full Story
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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... Read Full Story
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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... Read Full Story
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Memorials For The Dead Virginia Tech Murderer Along With His Victims?

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From:  cemeteryspot.com
     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
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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... Read Full Story
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The Watchers & The Watched

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Tags: Virginia Tech , shooting , Hokies , memorial , media , journalism , newmedia , citizen journalism , Web2.0 , social networks , Blogging , Privacy , Blogs , Citizen Journalism , Muslim , Virginia Tech , Hokies , Alternative Media , Journalism Retired WNYT anchorman Ed Dague blogs about NBC’s decision to run some of the material sent to the network by Cho Seung-Hui . Matthew Ingram at WebProNews.com looks at how citizen journalism covered the Virginia Tech massacre . Forbes has probably... Read Full Story
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“A Common Sense Proposal for Preventing ‘Pay-Back Time’ & Revenge School Shootings”

Written by JasonWittman on
~Comments on the shootings at Santana High School in Santee, CA and Columbine High School and a call for zero tolerance for Teasing, Taunting, Ridicule and Bullying (TTRB) and the teaching of self-esteem~ I originally wrote this article, just after the Santana High School shooting in Santee, CA in March 2001. I thought then and still do that the press concentrating on "guns in schools" and "bullying" stories are talking about symptoms (guns) and only part of the problem (bullying). We... Read Full Story
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Ordering Guns Via Internet

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Web site used to buy gun accessories by Steven Kazmierczak is owned by the same company that operates a site patronized by Seung-Hui Cho, the company said. Kazmierczak ordered two 9 mm Glock magazines and a holster for a Glock handgun from the Web site February 4, said a statement released by TGSCOM Inc. He received them February 12, two days before the NIU shootings, it said. "TGSCOM Inc. also operates the Web site used by Seung-Hui [Cho] to purchase a firearm used in the Virginia Tech... Read Full Story
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“A Common Sense Proposal for Preventing ‘Pay-Back Time’ & Revenge School Shootings”

Written by JasonWittman on
~Comments on the shootings at Santana High School in Santee, CA and Columbine High School and a call for zero tolerance for Teasing, Taunting, Ridicule and Bullying (TTRB) and the teaching of self-esteem~ I originally wrote this article, just after the Santana High School shooting in Santee, CA in March 2001. I thought then and still do that the press concentrating on "guns in schools" and "bullying" stories are talking about symptoms (guns) and only part of the problem (bullying). We are... Read Full Story
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Huckabee's Son Arrested With Handgun - Republican ...

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Huckabee's Son Arrested With Handgun - Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee's Son Arrested With Gun At Arkansas Airport - CBS Excerpt: The son of the former Arkansas governor held a concealed weapons permit at the time of the incident but state police are taking steps to revoke it. The elder Huckabee, who said last week that Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho perhaps could have been stopped if a teacher or student had also been armed, also has a concealed weapons permit." My wife... Read Full Story
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