When Cho refused to go to counseling, Roy notified the Division of Student Affairs, the Cook Counseling Center, the Schiffert Health Center, the Virginia Tech police and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Lucinda Roy, co-director of the creative writing program removed Cho from Professor Giovanni's class and tutored him one-on-one.Professor Nikki Giovanni requested that Cho either change the sinister content of his poems or drop the class.Andy Koch along with John Eide snooped in Cho's belongings and "found nothing more threatening than a pocket knife.".He said he had an imaginary girlfriend named Jelly, and that she was "a supermodel that lived in space." Jelly had a nickname for Cho-Spanky. At one party, Cho got "tipsy" enough that he opened up and began talking about his virtual love life. Andy Koch, Cho's suitemate, took Cho out to some parties at the start of the fall semester in 2005.Cho started trading on eBay with ID "blazers5505".Seung-Hui Cho graduated from Westfield High School in Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia.
The official timeline was compiled by TriData Corp, a division of defense contractor System Planning Corp., for use by the eight-member panel appointed by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. The US government passed the first gun control laws in a decade mandating improving state reporting.This timeline of events from the Virginia Tech shooting lists times in Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC-4). He continued firing for ten minutes killing five faculty members and an additional twenty-five students before killing himself.Īs a result of the shooting, the State of Virginia changed its laws to match national gun control laws when it came to keeping track of mentally ill individuals who wish to buy guns. There he went from classroom to classroom randomly shooting students. Cho then left the building returned to his dorm deleted items from his computer and mailed a package to NBC news with a manifesto against rich kids in it.Īt approximately 9:30 Cho entered Norris Hall. As a result, he was able to purchase guns.Īt 7:15 AM on April 16th, 2007 Cho entered West Ambler Johnston Hall he entered the room of Emily J Hilscher and fatally shot her, he then shot Ryan C Clark who came to her aid.
After an investigation, he was deemed mentally ill and ordered to undergo mental health treatment. In 2005 Cho was accused of stalking two female students. Throughout Middle School and High School Cho received therapy and special support.Ĭho enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg Virginia. In Middle School, he was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder. He moved with his family to the United States at the age of eight.
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