The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on
April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Seung-Hui Cho (above) an undergraduate student at the university
and a U.S. resident of South Korean descent, killed 32 people and
wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols. Six others
were injured jumping out of windows to escape Cho.
Members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and others observe a moment of silence at a memorial honoring the
victims of the mass shooting. (AP)
Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold (right), the perpetrators, recorded
on the high school’s surveillance cameras in the cafeteria, 8–11
minutes before their suicides.