1. Virginia Tech Massacre Seung-Hui Cho Mass Murderer

2. Background January 18, 1894 – April 16, 2007 (23) Immigrated to America 1992 (8) Elementary School – Smart, quiet Develops selective mutism (14) Mother realizes he needs help - religious Refused to talk at all in middle and high school Intensely teased and bullied Deemed an imminent danger to himself or others (21)

3. Massacre 7:15 a.m. April 16, 2007 Cho killed two students in a co-ed dormitory starting his spree Crossed the campus to classrooms where he continued his attack shooting around 55 people killing 30 of them

4. Package Cho mailed a package in between killings Contained video clips (25 min), photographs (43) and motives (23 pgs) Unlike himself in the videos

5. Video Released by Cho

6. Liviu Librescu Professor of Engineering (20) who was teaching in Norris Hall at the time of the attack 76 year old holocaust survivor Barricaded the door with his body while Cho was trying to force his way in the door Killed

7. Warning Signs Cho’s relatives thought he was ill “didn’t mix well with other children” – uncle High School – wrote an assignment about wanting to repeat Columbine, scribbled profane notes about how much he hated his school in his binder Kicked out of freshman class at VT Nikki Giovanni, “mean streak, intimidating, menacing” Involved in 3 stalking incidents of females at VT Campus security told him to stop became suicidal 2005 – found mentally ill after court mandated psychiatric evaluation, given outpatient treatment The US secret service says that violent writings were the number one thing school shooters had in common

8. Aftermath Left a note in his room criticizing rich kids and their debauchery Found Cho never went for treatment after he was ordered by a judge to do so in 2005 Family issues an apology

9. Works Cited "Seung-Hui Cho." Wikipedia. 18 Feb 2009. Kirstin, Downey. "Virginia Tech Shooting Victims." The Washington Post 18 Feb 2009. Image Credits – http://gracewalk.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/we_are_all_hokies_to day.jpg http://gracewalk.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/we_are_all_hokies_to day.jpg – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChoSh.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChoSh.jpg – http://www.c-ville.com/Image/1924_WEB/1924_7DAYS_Cho.jpg http://www.c-ville.com/Image/1924_WEB/1924_7DAYS_Cho.jpg – http://www.pinkribbonmiracle.com/images/carolynn/VT_ribbon.jpg http://www.pinkribbonmiracle.com/images/carolynn/VT_ribbon.jpg