The shooter in the Virginia Tech university shootings has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year old South Korean national. He was studying English and lived on the university campus. Mean
while, a list of confirmed deceased has been released.
The President of Virginia Tech, Charles Steger said in an interview that the "possibility exists" that more than one gunman was involved. "It appears that the second shooter was a resident in our dormitory... it appears he was an on-campus resident," Steger said. Ballistic reports confirm that the same gun was used in both instances of the campus shootings, but police could not confirm if the shooter was the same.
The shootings on Monday were in two separate locations, and occurred two
hours apart. The first took place at 07:15 (12:15 UTC), at West Ambler Johnston
Hall dormitory. Then, at about 09:15 (14:15 UTC), 30 people were killed in
the second shooting, about half a mile (800 metres) from the first at the Norris Hall classroom
building, on the same campus. Bodies were found in four classrooms and a
stairwell, according to Virginia state police superintendent Col. Steve
Flaherty.
Some students complained that they had received no warning from the
university until an e-mail alert sent more than two hours after the first
incident. The university has suspended classroom courses for one week, and
Norris Hall will remain closed for the rest of the semester. University
offficials have expressed an interest in developing a text messaging alert
system where persons can add their phone number to a list for notification in
the event that incidents may warrant the use of caution or extra attention.
In a reaction to the school massacre, the gun control group Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence asks for "common-sense actions to prevent
tragedies like this from continuing to occur". The New
York Times ran an editorial with a similar message for gun
control.
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