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Bad Tip Led Police Off Shooter's Trail

Cops sought first victim's boyfriend after tip that he owned guns

(Newser) - A false lead in the first two shootings at Virginia Tech led to the critical two-hour delay in warning students that there was a gunman on campus, the Times reports.  After Emily Jane Hilscher was shot in her dorm, her roommate told police that her boyfriend, a student at...

Profs Worried By Shooter's Morbid Writing

English student's prose fixated on revenge, violence, death

(Newser) - Cho Seung-Hui frightened students and teachers in Virginia Tech’s English department with morbid writing. Poet Nikki Giovanni had to extract Cho from her creative writing course when her students began skipping class out of fear of him. Cho spoke in whispers, hid behind sunglasses, and took surreptitious pictures of...

Shooter's Note: "You caused me to do this"

(Newser) - The Virginia Tech senior who killed 32 students and teachers yesterday left a vitriolic note in his dorm room, blaming other students for his shooting spree. "You caused me to do this," the note said, according to ABC News. It also attacked "rich kids," "debauchery,...

Virginia Tech Shooter Was A Student
Virginia Tech
Shooter Was
A Student

Virginia Tech Shooter Was A Student

Cho Seung-Hui was a senior; immigrated from South Korea as child

(Newser) - A Virginia Tech senior, Cho Seung-Hui, has been identified as the shooter in yesterday's massacre. Cho, from South Korea, lived in a campus dormitory; his motive, which some speculate grew from rage over a soured relationship, remains unclear.

Police Know V.T. Gunman&rsquo;s ID
Police Know V.T. Gunman’s ID

Police Know V.T. Gunman’s ID

(Newser) - Police have a preliminary ID on the man who gunned down 30 people at Virginia Tech, but they aren't ready to release it, CNN reports. They won’t even confirm that the same gunman pulled the trigger at two the sites across campus, two hours apart, in the largest mass...

Virginia Tech Shootings Two Hours Apart

Police haven't ruled out second shooter in killings of at least 33

(Newser) - The gunman who killed at least 32 people at Virginia Tech this morning struck twice—two shooting sprees two hours apart, on opposite sides of the campus. Two student were killed at West Ambler Johnston, a coed dorm, at about 7:15. Two hours later 30 people were stuck down...

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