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The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at the university, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with ...
Seung-Hui Cho ( Korean: 조승희, Korean name ordering Cho Seung-hui; [ a] January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a South Korean mass murderer responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Friday, February 9. Cho picked up the .22 caliber Walther P22 from J-N-D Pawnbrokers pawnshop in Blacksburg, Virginia, [ 23][ 24] across the street from the school. [ 26] March. Cho stayed in a Roanoke motel and hired a dancer, Chastity Frye, for a one-hour performance. [ 27] Monday, March 12.
The Virginia Tech campus was shocked by Zhu's crimes. [5] Virginia Tech president Charles W. Steger wrote in a letter to the campus community that their hearts "go out to the victim [Yang Xin] and her family". [4] It was the first murder on the campus since the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. [4] [1] [6]
Virginia is the first state in the U.S. to do this, driven in part by the mass shootings at a Walmart in Chesapeake last year. Virginia creates first permanent state fund for mass shooting victims ...
On April 16, 2007, media from around the world descended on Blacksburg, Virginia, upon receiving word of the Virginia Tech shooting . Reports included US evening news anchors Katie Couric, Brian Williams, and Charles Gibson. Additionally, all network morning shows and the late-night ABC show Nightline sent reporters to the Virginia Tech campus ...
The victims of yesterday’s shooting in Virginia were graduating senior Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father Renzo Smith, 36, who had attended the ceremony as a guest, local media is reporting.
‘Multiple’ victims shot at Virginia high school graduation as police hunt gunman. US witnesses 278th mass shooting this year. 06:30, Joe Sommerlad. The US has grown grimly accustomed to mass ...