I just watched live coverage of a very moving ceremony @ Tech. President Bush delivered a nice message. "Yesterday began like any other day. Students woke up and they grabbed their backpacks and they headed for class, "And soon the day took a dark turn, with students and faculty barricading themselves in classrooms and dormitories. For many of you here today, it was the worst day in your lives,"
The tears haven't quite stopped for me. I didn't know anyone that died personally but Emily Hilcher was from Woodville. That which is about 30 minutes away from me. She was the first that was gunned down by this disturbed Sueng Ho Cho. He killed Emily first. It's believed that he was romantically interested in her. I've heard through the grapevine that a Luray native was one that actually jumped out of a two story window. No facts on that just yet though.
It turns out that Sueng Ho Cho paid $571 for the handguns in Roanoke VA one in March. Virginia law requires that you wait 30 days to purchase another handgun. So he probably bought the second on or after April 13. Obviously he had been thinking about this for some time.
TheSmokingGun.com has posted the text of a play, purported to be by Cho, which describes a 13-year-old boy who accuses his stepfather of pedophelia, and ends with the boy's death. In the play, titled "Richard McBeef," the boy talks of killing his stepfather.
Cho's parents live in a townhouse development in Centreville, a suburb of Washington. They own a dry-cleaning shop nearby. Police searched their home last night. Neighbors haven't seen their son home in years. Cho did leave a suicide note "You caused me to do this". It's several pages long but the police are not releasing it yet.
This rampage has made headlines from England to Spain to Tokyo to Africa.
May God Bless & May God Keep.
