Va. Tech: Campus Police Had Contact With Cho in 2005

The Post's Debbi Wilgoren has filed an update based on the news from this morning's press conference at Virginia Tech:

Police: Cho Questioned in 2005 After Students Complained

"The 23-year-old Centreville man who killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech Monday was questioned by campus police twice in late 2005 after female students complained he was harassing them, then sent to an outside mental health facility for evaluation, police said this morning."

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By washingtonpost.com Editors |  April 18, 2007; 10:52 AM ET  | Category:  Latest News
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There are so many wrong things with this picture:

1) Parents forced to work long hours to provide for kids; kids often left alone.

2) Parents failed to notice that their kid was troubled (although they did share their worries with the University in 2005;

3) A 23 year college student can buy a gun so easily. Why would a student need a gun, and why is it so easy for Americans to buy guns? Why does this horrible lobby have to much power? Why should someone buy a gun a month? Why is the background check done in one minute? Why did the gun store not investigate with the University and the parents before allowing the sale of this gun? Why does Virginia love the NRA so much? Why is everything for profit, profit, profit?

4) Why did the University cover up the fist two murders and let a criminal wander on the campus for 2 hours? Why did they not immediately close the campus and prevent 30 more useless deaths?

5) Why is Kaine protecting the University officials?

6) Why did the teachers not do something about the violence in the student's writings?

I hope colleges from now on learn from this lesson and have a system to alert students quickly when something like that happens and that troubled kids get special help. And that NRA closes its nasty doors forever. There should not even be a lobby for this.

Posted by: gtwiecz | April 18, 2007 12:40 PM

Why did Cho do it? Please stop placing blame on everyone but the shooter. Sure there are lots of "What ifs" but the fact still remains that 32 people are dead because of this one deranged, crazy person. Not because of the University, the Police, his parents, or the U.S. Constitution.

Posted by: lagriesbauer | April 18, 2007 01:14 PM

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