Virginia Tech Massacre

On April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech University, a student shot 32 people and committed suicide after the massacre. Seung-Hui Cho was mentally ill and was suffering from depressed. Even though his mental health was an issue he bought two guns at an unlicensed gun show that did not administered a background check on him (Gun Control Reform 1).

Students were confused because they thought that the shooters were in the school. According to police, the shooter went towards the school but did not actually

Next, On April 16, 2007, Cho Seung Hui, a student at Virginia Tech College, apparently had nowhere else to turn in his life other than to go on a massive killing spree. According to CNN News, a timeline of exactly what happened during the massacre was explained. It all began at 7:15am in the West Ambler Johnston Hall, which houses close to 900 students, a 911 call was made claiming that two students had been shot. Between the hours of 7:30am and 9am police and school board members discussed who on earth would possibly do something like this. Shortly after the school began to send students notices via email to notify them of the shootings. Around 9:45am another 911 call was made claiming that more shootings had taken place in the Norris Hall and this time 31 students were killed including Cho, who shot himself after going on the viscous rampage. Several messages were sent to the students of Virginia Tech notifying them of the second shootings via email. Shortly after noon the president of the college released information that classes

Mr. Cho Seung-Hui, a 23 year old South Korean student at Virginia tech shot 32 people and himself on April 16, 2007. This incidence of shooting has been claimed to be the deadliest shooting rampage in the history of America. During his childhood years, Cho began to show signs of mental health issues and had been identified of having "selective mutism." He had problem socializing with people and thus was known as a student who merely kept to himself. Ever since Middle School, Cho began to show violence in his writings and got the attention of the teachers. He was prescribed some medication and eventually symptoms of violent and aggressive behavior began to abate. Even though, teachers had reported Cho of having mental issues during his time at Virginia Tech; no such attention was paid to his odd behavior. Cho had quit taking his medicines that were prescribed earlier and thus he was not put through any medical intervention. In 2005, Cho had been identified as a dangerous person rendering him ineligible to purchase a gun under federal law. Despite all of that, he still managed to purchase two guns that were used in the Virginia shootings.

On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old college student, shocked the nation when he perpetrated the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history. The violent rampage took place on the Virginia Tech University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, where Cho was a senior majoring in English. Before turning the gun on himself and delivering a fatal gunshot to the head, Cho murdered more than 30 of his classmates and University faculty; numerous others were injured. In a strange twist, several days after the tragedy, a package determined to have been mailed by Cho during the shooting spree was received at NBC News in New York. The package contained photos of Cho posing with guns, as well as video clips and various pages of Cho’s writing.

Since the Virginia Tech shootings, school campuses across America have repeatedly discussed campus safety ideas such as emergency responses and communications. Many colleges and universities have increased their security officers on campuses while also trying high tech security options (Saavedra). One of the high tech security measures many colleges are interested in using to alert their students is the mass text-message alerts in case of an emergency. This is a notification system that sends text message to students on their cell phones during a shooting, earthquake, bomb scare, or any other emergencies (Saavedra). Although this sounds like a very good security idea, most colleges don’t have the money or resources to make this idea happen which means they are having to resort to just adding security officers to ride around campus on bicycles with loud speakers to spread the message during emergencies (Saavedra).

The incident occurred on Monday, April 16th 2007. Seung-Hui Cho was a 23 years old senior at Virginia Tech. He was born in South Korea and moved to America during his early childhood years. The shooting took in the form of two separate attacks on the campus. Cho was armed with a 9-millimeter handgun, a 22-caliber handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The first one took place at 7:15 in the morning, which he shot two people in a dorm. During the gap between the first attack and the second attack, Cho mailed a clip of video that contains rantings about wealthy “brat” and other topics and pictures of him wielding guns to NBC news. He then started his second attack. Cho chained and locked several main doors of an

Mass Shootings are among the most controversial topics talk about in modern day society, and this is due to the apparent rise in shootings over the past couple of years. The nation has witnessed some of the most gruesome shootings in History such as Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. From the aftermath of these shootings, a solution was found to prevent such things from happening which is allow concealed-carry weapons on college campuses. It is said if there are more guns on campuses, the chances of a gun man taking out more innocent lives are less likely due to the amount of people with guns. Despite this sound solution of concealed carry on college campuses, the reality is that it causes more problems than it solves, and there are better solutions to this problem at hand. But, what exactly is the true nature of school shootings, is it actually a true threat to our education system?

Over two hours Seung Hui Cho roamed the campus of Virginia Tech University murdering innocent students. Once again it took the shooter committing suicide for the violence to stop. The police were little help in pursuing the shooter and stopping the killings from occurring. In 2007 Cho killed 32 teachers and students making it the deadliest school shooting in the nation’s history. (Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves 32 dead) At 7:15 am Cho went into a dorm and killed a female and male student. He then went to his room sent a package and changed clothes before walking into a building full of classrooms. Armed with two handguns he locked and chained doors close and went room to room shooting and killing students. (Massacre at Virginia Tech leaves

Twenty-six year old, Chris Harper Mercer was the cause of the Umpqua community college shooting. Nine victims were killed and the gunman was the tenth one who died. Those who died were the age range of 18-67. There were students who ended up being injured during the scene. “A motive for the shooting remained unclear” (Barajas, 2015, para.6). Assumptions have been made about how and why the shooting occurred, but we still do not know the real reason behind all of this. Questions will never be solved, but “according to several witness accounts, the shooting took place in Classroom 15 in Snyder Hall” (Barajas, 2015, para.15). Mercer was armed with three pistols and a rifle. This event was planned out. The question is, why do school shootings

The article “Scene clear after shots fired near Hinesville School” was a very interesting to read because I remember that happening that day. I remember getting an email that day from savannah technical college stating that there was a shooting at Waldo Pafford Elementary School and to stay on high alert because at the time the shooter was not caught yet. I was and still am glad that nobody was hurt during the shooting and that the children was and are safe. I was glad that the shooter was caught and arrested because that means that everybody was out of danger. I know that there are at least two cops outside the school in the morning and during the afternoon to direct the traffic, so where were they that day? When reading the article I remember

The first part of the timeline is what throws everything off. At 10:14am the first gun shots were reported. An hour and one minute later, a code 403 (all EMS personnel) was broadcasted. Let me stop right there. If shots were fired at an elementary school, why did it take an hour for EMS to arrive? Reportedly, the 26 victims were all killed within the first 11 minutes. In my opinion, why would it take the chief of police so long to send all units when reports stated there were several dead with many wounded?

Reflecting on Cho’s timeline of the shooting, it appears he engaged in a normal day, whereas he continued to conduct his normal routine. He woke up around 5 AM to shower, shave, etc. and began his day (Virginia Tech

One of the most deadly shooting rampage in U.S history (CNN USA) Twenty- three-year old Virginia tech gunman named Seung Hui Cho had been relentlessly teased and bullied throughout middle school and high school. Seung Hui Cho was extremely angry with his classmates and went on a rampage. He felt more rage against his classmates who were wealthier and when the shooting occurred he went against the rich. Cho makes a statement saying the reason he shot and killed was due to the fact he thought they were “brats” and “snobs.” The real reason Seung Hui Cho went on a rampage is due to his own insecurities about his upbringing and feeling shame about his parents who ran a dry-cleaning business, and felt that the reason he was being bullied at school was because he came from a lower socioeconomic family. “Seung Hui Cho also felt his race played a large role in his bullying, many racial comments were projected towards Seung Hui Cho, till it pushed him towards a rampage”

In the past decades there has been an increase of violence in the schools. This increase causes fear among students, teachers, parents, and all Americans. The deadliest act of school violence was the massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, when a student opened fire and killed Thirty-two students and teachers while wounding seventeen. On April 16, 2007, Seung Hui Cho, opened fire on two students killing both of them. He then fled the building. Police responded to the first incident and determined it was an isolated homicide and that the gunman fled the state. Two hours later, Cho returned with two handguns and entered Norris hall which was filled with classrooms. He chained