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A 23-year-old loner, whose gory and disturbing writings troubled his classmates and teachers, will now go down in US history among the country's deadliest killers.

Va. Tech Gunman Was Student from S.Korea
Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum said at a press conference Tuesday that the gunman of Monday's shooting was a 23-year-old South Korean named Cho Seung-Hui.

Deadliest Shooting Rampage in US History

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• 33 Including Gunman Killed in Virginia Tech Shooting

Backgrounder

Deadly Campus Shootings in U.S.

-- Oct. 2, 2006: In Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, a man shot and killed five girls at an Amish school.

-- March 21, 2005: On an Indian reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, a male teenager fatally shot nine people, including five students.

-- March 5, 2001: In Santee, California, a teenager shot dead two students and wounded 13 others.

-- August 10, 1999: In Los Angeles, California, a man fatally shot three children and two adults at a pre-school.

Headlines

• Indonesian Dead in U.S. Campus Massacre

• One Victim of Worst U.S. Shooting Rampage Identified

• Survivor Says Gunman in VA Tech Shooting Dressed "Like A Boy Scout"

• Latest Developments of Worst U.S. Mass Shooting

• No Chinese Students Found among Victims in U.S. Campus Shootings

• Virginia Tech Authorities Investigating Identities of Killed, Gunman

Reactions

• U.S.: Shooting Tragedy Not to Deter Foreign Students

• UN Chief Condemns Virginia Tech Shooting

• UK Expresses "Profound Sadness" at University Shooting Rampage in U.S.

• Campus Killings May Restart Gun Violence Debate

• UMKC Students React to Virginia Tech Shootings

• France Offers Condolence over U.S. Campus Shootings

• Bush Says He Is "Shocked, Saddened" By Virginia Tech Shooting

Motive

According to Daily Mail, the gunman was said to have quarrelled in a dormitory with his girlfriend, whom he believed had been seeing another man. A student adviser was called to sort out the row. But the killer produced a gun and shot dead both his girlfriend and the adviser. Two hours later he rampaged through an engineering building on the other side of the campus in the town of Blacksburg, killing indiscriminately.

Timeline and Text of E-mails

Here is the official e-mail communication between Virginia Tech University officials and students, faculty, parents and others signed up on the school's list serve. The first 911 call was made at 7:15 a.m. to the university police department. Classes start at 8 a.m.

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