In this image provided by WSLS-TV Cho Seung-Hui is held at gunpoint during a manhunt on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at 32 people.
Cho Seung-Hui has been called a 'jealous boyfriend' by reporters and was reportedly on anti-depressant medication. He was a loner, and after the murders he committed suicide. A report from the Chicago Tribune claims he left a suicide note. According to reports, the killings started with his former girlfriend, and he gunned her down in a dormitory in a jealous rage.
Less than 2½ hours later, the 23-year-old gunman had killed a further 31 students, staff and himself at the Virginia Tech campus, the worst massacre in America's history.
Police believe the gunman first opened fire at 7.15am in West Ambler Johnston Hall, killing Emily Jane Hilscher, 18. He is said to have been infatuated with her. "The girlfriend cheated on him and he decided to go on a rampage," Karina Porushkevich, 18, told the Sydney Morning Herald. In the aftermath, Ms Porushkevich saw a girl being wheeled out of the dorm with "blood all over her".
After the shootings, all entrances to the campus were closed, and classes were canceled through Tuesday. The university set up a meeting place for families to reunite with their children. It also made counselors available and planned an assembly for Tuesday at the basketball arena.
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