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Virginia Tech Massacre

Virginia Tech Massacre. Seung-Hui Cho Mass Murderer. Background. January 18, 1894 – April 16, 2007 (23) Immigrated to America 1992 (8) Elementary School – Smart, quiet Develops selective mutism (14) Mother realizes he needs help - religious

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Virginia Tech Massacre

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  1. Virginia Tech Massacre Seung-Hui Cho Mass Murderer

  2. Background • January 18, 1894 – April 16, 2007 (23) • Immigrated to America 1992 (8) • Elementary School – Smart, quiet • Develops selective mutism (14) • Mother realizes he needs help - religious • Refused to talk at all in middle and high school • Intensely teased and bullied • Deemed an imminent danger to himself or others (21)

  3. Massacre • 7:15 a.m. April 16, 2007 Cho killed two students in a co-ed dormitory starting his spree • Crossed the campus to classrooms where he continued his attack shooting around 55 people killing 30 of them

  4. Package • Cho mailed a package in between killings • Contained video clips (25 min), photographs (43) and motives (23 pgs) • Unlike himself in the videos

  5. Video Released by Cho

  6. LiviuLibrescu • Professor of Engineering (20) who was teaching in Norris Hall at the time of the attack • 76 year old holocaust survivor • Barricaded the door with his body while Cho was trying to force his way in the door • Killed

  7. Warning Signs • Cho’s relatives thought he was ill “didn’t mix well with other children” – uncle • High School – wrote an assignment about wanting to repeat Columbine, scribbled profane notes about how much he hated his school in his binder • Kicked out of freshman class at VT Nikki Giovanni, “mean streak, intimidating, menacing” • Involved in 3 stalking incidents of females at VT • Campus security told him to stop became suicidal • 2005 – found mentally ill after court mandated psychiatric evaluation, given outpatient treatment • The US secret service says that violent writings were the number one thing school shooters had in common

  8. Aftermath • Left a note in his room criticizing rich kids and their debauchery • Found Cho never went for treatment after he was ordered by a judge to do so in 2005 • Family issues an apology

  9. Works Cited • "Seung-Hui Cho." Wikipedia. 18 Feb 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung-hui_cho>. • Kirstin, Downey. "Virginia Tech Shooting Victims." The Washington Post 18 Feb 2009 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/vatechshootings/victims/Liviu_Librescu.html>. • Image Credits • http://gracewalk.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/we_are_all_hokies_today.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChoSh.jpg • http://www.c-ville.com/Image/1924_WEB/1924_7DAYS_Cho.jpg • http://www.pinkribbonmiracle.com/images/carolynn/VT_ribbon.jpg

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