shooting – News Stories About shooting - Page 107

Police Talked to Cho in 2005

Apr 18, 2007 1:50 PM CDT

Police Talked to Cho in 2005

Officials say they didn't have grounds to arrest, mandate treatment

(Newser) - Police questioned Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui twice in 2005, after two women accused him of accused making unwanted contact, the Virginia Tech police department said this morning. The same semester, poetry professor Nikki Giovanni had him removed from her class. But since Cho made no direct threats, the police...

Cho's Macabre Plays Warned Of Violence

Apr 18, 2007 9:54 AM CDT

Cho's Macabre Plays Warned Of Violence

Playwriting class submissions cast their writer as "school shooter" type

(Newser) - Ian MacFarlane, a former classmate of Seung Cho, blogs on AOL about two plays written by the Virginia Tech killer for a writing class. The short pieces, along with other compositions, writes MacFarlane, were "like something out of a nightmare," imagining bizarre murders and exuding an obsession with...

Bad Tip Led Police Off Shooter's Trail

Apr 18, 2007 6:45 AM CDT

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

Apr 18, 2007 6:44 AM CDT

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"

Apr 17, 2007 2:26 PM CDT

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

Apr 17, 2007 9:19 AM CDT

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’s ID

Apr 17, 2007 8:34 AM CDT

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

Apr 16, 2007 5:27 PM CDT

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...