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[[Image:Killer170407 468x285.jpg|right|thumb|Cho Seung-Hui was reportedly obsessed with 18-year-old student Emily Hilscher, whom was one of his first two victims.|100px]] | [[Image:Killer170407 468x285.jpg|right|thumb|Cho Seung-Hui was reportedly obsessed with 18-year-old student Emily Hilscher, whom was one of his first two victims.|100px]] | ||
| − | On April 16, 2007, a [[Seung-Hui Cho|23-year-old]] [[Korean]] [[immigrant]] studying English at [[Virginia Tech]] went on a murder spree that took the lives of 32 faculty and students. The perpetrator then turned the gun on himself. Amongst the victims was a 76-year old [[Holocaust]] survivor. | + | On April 16, 2007, a [[Seung-Hui Cho|23-year-old]] [[Korean]] and [[atheist]] [[immigrant]] studying English at [[Virginia Tech]] went on a murder spree that took the lives of 32 faculty and students. The perpetrator then turned the gun on himself. Amongst the victims was a 76-year old [[Holocaust]] survivor. |
The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presence of a shooter. | The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presence of a shooter. | ||
On April 19, police arrested a potential copycat, Terrence Johnson, Jr., a senior at Madison School, who threatened to commit a similar crime.<ref>http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6390160</ref> | On April 19, police arrested a potential copycat, Terrence Johnson, Jr., a senior at Madison School, who threatened to commit a similar crime.<ref>http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6390160</ref> | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[List of atheist shooters and serial killers]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:School Violence]] |
[[Category:Crime]] | [[Category:Crime]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Gun Free Zones]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Violent Acts Perpetrated By Atheists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, September 17, 2020
On April 16, 2007, a 23-year-old Korean and atheist immigrant studying English at Virginia Tech went on a murder spree that took the lives of 32 faculty and students. The perpetrator then turned the gun on himself. Amongst the victims was a 76-year old Holocaust survivor.
The university and its police has been criticized for taking 3 hours to notify students and faculties of the presence of a shooter.
On April 19, police arrested a potential copycat, Terrence Johnson, Jr., a senior at Madison School, who threatened to commit a similar crime.[1]
