Virginia Tech Gunman ID’d
A day after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech that killed 33 people, police have released the identity of the gunman. He was 23-year-old senior Cho Seung-Hui, a "loner," according to a campus official, who moved to the U.S. from South Korea 14 years ago.
A day after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech that killed 33 people, police have released the identity of the gunman, who has been counted among the dead. He was 23-year-old senior Cho Seung-Hui, a “loner,” according to a campus official, who moved to the U.S. from South Korea 14 years ago.
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The rampage consisted of two attacks, more than two hours apart — first at a dormitory, where two people were killed, then inside a classroom building, where 31 people, including the gunman, died after being locked inside, Virginia State Police said. The gunman committed suicide.
Police identified the gunman in the classroom attack as 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui. … Cho held a green card — meaning he was a legal, permanent U.S. resident — and had been in the United States since 1992, federal officials said. Officials said he graduated from a public high school in Chantilly, Va., in 2003.
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Update: The Paris terror attacks were 'carried out by three coordinated teams of gunmen,' the city's public prosecutor has said François Molins told a news conference on Saturday that at least 129 people were killed and 352 more injured - including 90 critically - in Friday night's attacks on the Stade de France, a city-centre concert hall and a series of packed cafes and bars François Molins told a news conference on Saturday that at least 129 people were killed and 352 more injured - including 90 critically - in Friday night's attacks on the Stade de France, a city-centre concert hall and a series of packed cafes and bars,.
In yet another incident underscoring the prevalence of gun violence in the U.S., a gunman opened fire at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding at least three others before being tackled by a student and arrested.
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