Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Gunman identified in Virginia Tech shootings

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/17/2007 | Gunman identified in Virginia Tech shootings: "Authorities on Tuesday identified the shooting suspect in the rampage that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech a day eariler as a 23-year-old South Korean undergraduate student who lived on campus.

Cho Seung-Hui was a senior and English major who came to the United States as a resident alien, school and police officials said. Korean last names are listed first.

Cho listed a Centreville, Va., address as his U.S. address and lived in Harper Hall, an on-campus dormitory near the site of Monday's first shooting. Police would not confirm whether Cho was also the shooter in the first incident that killed two people, but they said ballistics testing showed one of the guns was used in both shootings.

They said Cho carried a 9mm handgun and a 22-caliber handgun at the time."

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