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Seung Cho: Virginia Tech Massacre - Modern Day Korean-American Killer

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It went down at 7:15 AM, Monday morning - April 16, 2007.  Seung-Hui Cho massacred 33 (including himself).  Virginia Tech Professors and students were executed in a matter of hours.  Explore this bizarre and sudden event that unfolded into a lesson for all of us.  Their deaths were not in vain.

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Seung Cho 



Seung-Hui Cho in a photograph he mailed to NBC News in the hours prior to his final shooting spree.
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More Disturbing Pictures Sent with His "Multimedia Manifesto"
"Multimedia Manifesto" including 27 video clips
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Virginia Tech Tragedy Tribute 

Virginia Tech Tragedy Tribute

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Cho, Seung Hui 



Name: Cho, Seung Hui
Nationality: Korean
Age: 23-year-old
Status in America: Resident Alien

Family immigrated to American when he was 8
Senior Writing Major at Virginia Tech
Responsible for the Virginia Tech Shooting Massacre
Known as a "loner"
Dubbed as the "Question Mark" Killer, "Campus" Killer, "VTech Killer"

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WE are VIRGINIA TECH 

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Seung's Choice of Weapons 



Glock 19 9mm




Walther P22 .22 Caliber Pistol



These are not pictures from the crime scene. They are just for your reference.

Cho paid $571 for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday. He also used a Walther P22 semiautomatic pistol. The serial numbers were filed off both handguns.

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Seung-Hui on MySpace 

"Ismail Ax "





NOTE: This screenshot was taken just a day after the shooting incident. Apparently MySpace changed the page quite quickly in response to the tragedy.

Seung Cho's Playwright 

AOL News has obtained two plays a classmate says were written by Cho Seung-Hui. Ian MacFarlane, the former classmate and current AOL employee, provided us with the plays. A note from Mr. MacFarlane and links to the works appear below.

What happened yesterday:

When I first heard about the multiple shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday, my first thought was about my friends, and my second thought was "I bet it was Seung Cho."

Cho was in my playwriting class last fall, and nobody seemed to think much of him at first. He would sit by himself whenever possible, and didn't like talking to anyone. I don't think I've ever actually heard his voice before. He was just so quiet and kept to himself. Looking back, he fit the exact stereotype of what one would typically think of as a "school shooter" - a loner, obsessed with violence, and serious personal problems. Some of us in class tried to talk to him to be nice and get him out of his shell, but he refused talking to anyone. It was like he didn't want to be friends with anybody. One friend of mine tried to offer him some Halloween candy that she still had, but he slowly shook his head, refusing it. He just came to class every day and submitted his work on time, as I understand it.

A major part of the playwriting class was peer reviews. We would write one-act plays and submit them to an online repository called Blackboard for everyone in the class to read and comment about in class the next day. Typically, the students give their opinions about the plays and suggest ways to make it better, the professor gives his insights, then asks the author to comment about the play in class.

When we read Cho's plays, it was like something out of a nightmare. The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn't have even thought of. Before Cho got to class that day, we students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter. I was even thinking of scenarios of what I would do in case he did come in with a gun, I was that freaked out about him.

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Seung Cho's Plays 

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Seung-Hui Cho Blog Posts from Google 

Lord Attenborough blames films for knife crime
The worst case was last year when US student Cho Seung-Hui massacred 32 students and teachers at the Virginia Tech university before killing himself. Cho was said to have been repeatedly watching the Korean slasher film Oldboy. ...
Update: VT Shooting Records
Virginia Tech now plans to release some more documents from the day Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on campus. The documents are from an emergency meeting among senior leaders on April 16th. from ABC 13.
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3) Cho Seung-Hui, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, and other school shooters were victims of a CIA mind control program which caused them to go on berserk rampages, thus building an argument for total gun restriction laws. ...
Cho Seung-Hui: The Virginia Tech Massacre
Retrieved, April 22, 2007, from AOL News Bloggers: HYPERLINK ?http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/ Shapira, I., & Jackman, T. (April 17 2007). Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech in Deadliest Shooting in US History. ...

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Cho, Seung Hui Opinion Log 

What are your thoughts on Seung Hui Cho? No posts with profanity will be posted.

KimGiancaterino

Just a suggestion, but you might want to consider changing your picture and userid. In my opinion they are in bad taste and only serve to offend most readers. You could also mention up front that proceeds from your lens are going to the school, etc.

Posted April 27, 2007

Margaret_Schaut

Oops, I meant to put my comment here. You may want to watch and contribute to the discussion in the lounge here: http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3446 It may help.

Posted April 27, 2007

Margaret_Schaut

Oops, I meant to put my comment here. You may want to watch and contribute to the discussion in the lounge here: http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3446 It may help.

Posted April 27, 2007

Margaret_Schaut

I did a lens on the Amish School Shooting which is also a very tough topic and difficult to present. It also grows with time, as the aftermath and further information occurs. http://www.squidoo.com/amishshooting/ Perhaps information about the victims, also the murderer's family's statement, etc.

Posted April 27, 2007

Campus-Tragedy

Seems like people are getting mad at me. I AM NOT SEUNG CHO. I am simply offering information on a person of interest. These postings were for discussing his character, and yet it feels like its about me justifying my work on him. If you are that emotional, please leave or let me know here.

Posted April 26, 2007

Campus-Tragedy

Thank you for the negative comment. I wasn't trying to make any money. In fact, I was planning to donate if there is any. If my lens is conveying the wrong message, just let me know instead of being a cyber cop. Its because of negative and judging ppl like u..."sad"...

Posted April 26, 2007

Cinetech

It seems like you're trying to cash in on the misery of others. Sad...

Posted April 26, 2007

N376

I think you've got the HTML all sorted out. And there's plenty of information to lead the reader from point A to point B. If you could source more photos of the victims of this tragedy that would really drive the point home.

Posted April 23, 2007

Coward-Cho

Guys let me know what else should be put up here. I find myself thinking of too many different ways to take this lens, and news keeps surfacing. One thing is forsure, everyone including this dude's family all agree that Cho, Seung-Hui was a coward and an idiot. May God only judge now.

Posted April 23, 2007

N376

Dude, when I said change the name I meant from Korean-Killer to something more appropriate, not to the name of the actual killer. It comes across as glorifying him. Please, for the same of good taste make it something nicer.

Posted April 22, 2007

 
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Margaret_Schaut

You may want to follow the discussion in the lounge http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3446 perhaps it will help.

Posted April 27, 2007

RJ

add the myspace memorial page... click SEARCH NAME and type VA TECH

Posted April 20, 2007

Topanga

Well done! A VERY interesting lens, indeed. Thank you kindly for leaving a link to your Lens in our guest book. A nice blogroll for you and 5*!

Posted April 20, 2007

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