Virginia Tech
Transcript: Seung-Hui Cho was an English major at Virginia Tech. He was currently in his Senior year. For years he had been battling a serious anxiety disorder. He had previously been stalking two female students and was claimed to be mentally ill by a university judge. Basically he was a mentally deranged psychopath who stated in his video that he sent to NBC that he hated the wealthy. So there really is no clear reason. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virgina 30 more will killed two hours later Waleed Shaalan-32-Egypt Jamie Bishop-35-Georgia,USA Lauren McCain-20-Virginia,USA Michael Pohle Jr.-23-New Jersey,USA Maxinne Turner-22-Virginia,USA Nicole White-20 Virginia, USA Liviu Librescu-76-Romania Jocelyne Couture-Nowak-49-Nova Scotia Ross Alameddine-20-Massachusetts,USA Austin Cloyd-18-Illiniois,USA Daniel Perez Cueva-21-Virginia,USA Caitlin Hammaren-19-New York,USA Rachel Hill-18-Virginia,USA Matthew La Porte-20-New Jersey,USA Henry Lee-20-Vietnam Erin Peterson-18-Virginia,USA How had a mentally ill man aquired so many weapons? Ryan Clark-22-Georgia, USA Emily Hillscher-19-Virginia,USA Minal Panchal-26-Mumbai,India G.V. Loganathan-53-India Brian Bluhm-25-Kentucky, USA Jarrett Lane-22- Virginia,USA Matthew Gwaltney-24-Virginia,USA Jeremy Herbstritt-27-Pennsylvania, USA Partahi Lumbantoruan-34-Indonesia Daniel O'neil-22- Rhode Island,USA Juan Ortiz-26-Puerto Rico Julia Pryde-23-New Jersey,USA Mary Karen Read-19-Virginia,USA Reema Samaha-18-Virginia,USA Leslie Sherman-20-Virginia,USA Kevin Granata-45-Ohio,USA 33 people where killed. He carried a backpack carrying chains, a hammer, a knife, two guns, and over 400 rounds of amunition. The last 30 were at Norris Hall. CHO SEUNG HUI WHY? Two Shootings: 32 lives. Virginia Tech 2007 First two were shot in their dorm room. Effects... Victims After killing 32 people, he turned the gun on himself. Cho Where? Victims Who is this mystery gunman? Identified as a 23 year old South Korean citizen with permanent US residency. "Witnesses described scenes of mass chaos and unimaginable horror as some students were lined up against a wall and shot. Others jumped out of windows to escape, or crouched on floors to take cover." -NY Times April 16, 2007. The National Instant Criminal Backround Check Systemwas (NICS) obviously flawed. It led to the first major federal gun control measure in more than 13 years. George W. Bush signed a law to strengthen the NICS on January 5th, 2008. Two killed at 7:15 a.m. The shooter walked from the dorm room, to the post office, then to Norris Hall in his path of destruction. Government Repracautions HOW? When? The first took place around 7:15 a.m., when two people were shot and killed at a dormitory. Two and a half hours later, 31 others, including the gunman, were shot and killed across campus in a classroom building, where some of the doors had been chained