Seung-Hui Cho was a South Korean mass murderer responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. This killing is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, and was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. A senior-level undergraduate student at the university, Cho died by suicide after police breached the doors of Virginia Tech's Norris Hall which Cho had locked with heavy chains, where most of the shooting had taken place.
Seung-Hui Cho
Seung-Hui Cho's struck-through signature at Westfield High School.
Walther P22 semi-automatic pistol
Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol
The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at the university, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols. Six others were injured jumping out of windows to escape Cho.
Virginia Tech shooting
Elementary French class students take cover in Holden Hall room 212.
The Hokies released 32 balloons before their 2007 football opener as part of a ceremony in the victims' memory.
The Virginia Tech community mourns the victims at a candlelight vigil.