my mspaint series about virginia tech shooting
dialogs are fictional although they are likely what would have been said
March
Monday, March 12
Monday, April 16
Between 7:15 am and 9:01 a.m.: Cho returned to his dormitory room to reload and left a "disturbing note."[48]
9:01 am: Cho mailed a U.S. Postal Service express parcel from Blacksburg P.O. to NBC headquarters in New York City, containing pictures of him holding weapons, a 1,800-word diatribe and a video clip alluding to the coming massacre.[52]
Air Force ROTC Cadet Matthew La Porte charged the gunman and died after taking heavy fire in an attempt to save lives (he was later posthumously awarded the Airman's Medal for his actions).
rip to everyone
dialogs are fictional although they are likely what would have been said
March
Monday, March 12
- Cho rented a burgundy Kia Sedona van from Enterprise Rent-A-Car at the Roanoke Regional Airport that he kept for almost a month. Cho videotaped some of his diatribe in the van.[28][29]
Monday, April 16
- 5:00 a.m.: While in Suite 2120 (room 2121) of Harper Hall,[37] Joseph E. "Joe" Aust,[2] one of Cho's five roommates, noticed that Cho was awake and at his computer.[28]
- Before 7:15 a.m.: Emily Hilscher was dropped off at her dormitory by her boyfriend, Karl D. Thornhill.[43]
- 7:15 a.m.: A 9-1-1 emergency call to Virginia Tech campus police reported a shooting at West Ambler Johnston Hall, leaving Ryan Christopher Clark, the resident advisor, dead and Emily Hilscher fatally wounded in Suite 4040,[44] which housed Hilscher.[45][46][47]
Between 7:15 am and 9:01 a.m.: Cho returned to his dormitory room to reload and left a "disturbing note."[48]
9:01 am: Cho mailed a U.S. Postal Service express parcel from Blacksburg P.O. to NBC headquarters in New York City, containing pictures of him holding weapons, a 1,800-word diatribe and a video clip alluding to the coming massacre.[52]
- 9:42 a.m.: Students in the engineering building, Norris Hall, made a 9-1-1 emergency call to alert police that more shots had been fired.[29][56][57]
- 9:45 a.m.: Police arrived three minutes later and found that Cho had chained all three entrances shut.[29]
- Between 9:40 and 9:51 am: Using the .22 caliber Walther P22 and 9 millimeter Glock 19 handgun with 17 magazines of ammunition, Cho shot 47 people, killing 30 of them.[35] Cho's rampage lasted for approximately nine minutes.[58] A student in Room 205 noticed the time remaining in class shortly before the start of the shootings.[59]
Air Force ROTC Cadet Matthew La Porte charged the gunman and died after taking heavy fire in an attempt to save lives (he was later posthumously awarded the Airman's Medal for his actions).
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