Seung-Hui Cho: Difference between revisions

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The second part of the attack was more carefully planned. Cho chained all the main exit doors shut, preventing any form of escape. He also left a note warning that if anyone tries to break open the door, a bomb would explode. During this wave of attack, Cho killed 30 students and staff members, with some people killed behind even locked doors. Of all the deaths, 28 were shot in the head.

Cho also used hollow point bullets, which is why there were so many deaths. The Virginia Tech shooting is currently ranked the deadliest school shooting in American history, and ~~at the time, it was also~~ the deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] ~~committed by a lone gunman~~ in ~~U.S.~~ history overall.

Cho also used hollow point bullets, which is why there were so many deaths. The Virginia Tech shooting is currently ranked the deadliest school shooting in American history, and the third-deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in modern American history overall.

== Early life ==

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*His favourite book was ''Night Over Water''.

*Cho, like most school shooters, was inspired by [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], perpetrators of the [[Columbine High School massacre]].

*The massacre was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, surpassing the Luby's massacre perpetrated by [[George Hennard]] 16 years previously. It was surpassed by the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] on June 12, 2016.

==Gallery==

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 The second part of the attack was more carefully planned. Cho chained all the main exit doors shut, preventing any form of escape. He also left a note warning that if anyone tries to break open the door, a bomb would explode. During this wave of attack, Cho killed 30 students and staff members, with some people killed behind even locked doors. Of all the deaths, 28 were shot in the head.
-Cho also used hollow point bullets, which is why there were so many deaths. The Virginia Tech shooting is currently ranked the deadliest school shooting in American history, and at the time, it was also the deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] committed by a lone gunman in U.S. history overall.
+Cho also used hollow point bullets, which is why there were so many deaths. The Virginia Tech shooting is currently ranked the deadliest school shooting in American history, and the third-deadliest  [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in modern American history overall.
 == Early life ==
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 *His favourite book was ''Night Over Water''.
 *Cho, like most school shooters, was inspired by [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], perpetrators of the [[Columbine High School massacre]].
+*The massacre was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, surpassing the Luby's massacre perpetrated by [[George Hennard]] 16 years previously. It was surpassed by the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] on June 12, 2016.
 ==Gallery==