Gunman contacted NBC News during massacre

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Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but before he slaughtered 30 more in a classroom building Monday morning, Cho Seung-Hui sent NBC News a rambling communication and videos about his grievances, the network said Wednesday.

Cho, 23, a senior English major at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, killed 32 people in two attacks Monday before taking his own life.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18169776/?GT1=9246

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Apparently in between the shootings he posted a package to NBC NY..

[almaty 19]

that cold blooded attention seeking chopf##k #######

[Heracles 417]

that cold blooded attention seeking chopf##k #######

I am worried that some similar kid will now use this as an example and even try to beat his record, per say..

The more facts that come out the more you realize this is a really ###### up situation..

[almaty 19]

that cold blooded attention seeking chopf##k #######

I am worried that some similar kid will now use this as an example and even try to beat his record, per say..

The more facts that come out the more you realize this is a really ###### up situation..

i agree....just wrong

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[Heracles 417]

Anyone see his video's yet???

[notrepetiteashley 0]

I agree. I wish they would not show these videos, photos, etc. I mean, I realise that if someone is messed up enough they can find the info, but the way it gets covered in the news...it would be easy to obsess over if you were a f****ed up person and wanted to, like you said, beat the record. I am not really for or against showing this media, I am just horrified by the whole thing and wish it had never happened. I personally know a girl who was shot in the school shooting by kip kenkel. She was shot in the back and would have maybe been killed if she hadn't been studying nursing and had a stethoscope in her backpack. The horror that has caused her is just unspeakable. She still has a long way to go to recover a feeling of safety most of us take for granted. I just wish we could all figure out why things are going so wrong and do something about it. That is incredibly idealistic, I know. Wishes usually are. I dunno. This whole thing bums me out. I feel so bad for all the people who have lost a loved one.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They should indict his father for not wearing a condom 23/24 years ago.

I can't believe that fcuking pice of garbage.

[ace13 0]

The man was not well. He should have been in an institution long before any of this happened. I am sorry for the families. But I am not thinking he is truly evil. He was sick.

[MrsBruce5 0]

My husband was watching this a**hole's video last night. I won't watch it, nor will I give this lunatic my time or attention.

It is a horrible thing-so many lives have been ruined by this piece of ######. I must ask though, did his parents not see the level of mental illness in their child? I know he was 23, but things like that do not happen over night. I haven't followed this story much, as I find it sickening-but has a statement been released by his parents?

I agree that the media should not release this-as some other fu*ked up kid may try to emulate such an act. My thinking is that there should be a group formed by all these pathetic a**hole kids that whine about how they are such "misfits" in society-they should just rent a house and just shoot each other...

Rose

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As a society we cannot just blame this kid and then continue on with our lives; well until the next incident.. These problems would have surfaced years ago probably from elementary school. Why was no proactive action taken back then??

Then again many teachers I speak too from the county he lived in say that their hands are usually tied because the school's administration / principals pressure teachers to sweep these kids under the rug, rather than take a proactive approach. They then get passed on throughout the system and surprise surprise this ###### happens..

[Caladan 19]

I think the risk of emulation is quite low. That is, any one who is mentally disturbed enough to want to go on a mass murder rampage is so far gone anyway. And anyone who is not sociopathic and just severely depressed isn't going to be converted by attention *after* death into a murderer. No one decided to hijack airplanes because of the 9/11 coverage.

But it would have been nice if they'd held off for a few days; I can't imagine seeing that headline had I lost someone in the shooting.

Just this past week we had to bring the fact that one of my students has apparently gone insane to the attention of the university; it's not easy to get someone instutionalized, and you have to hope that therapy helps.

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Lets just hope these kids don't turn to Al qaeda agents. Then we are in real trouble..

[notrepetiteashley 0]

I think the risk of emulation is quite low. That is, any one who is mentally disturbed enough to want to go on a mass murder rampage is so far gone anyway. And anyone who is not sociopathic and just severely depressed isn't going to be converted by attention *after* death into a murderer. No one decided to hijack airplanes because of the 9/11 coverage.

I don't know, man. This kid mentioned the 2 kids that shot people at Columbine High School. And there are killers who have confessed to wanting to "beat the record" of some of the serial killers, etc. But I think you're right, it takes a sociopath, not just some depressed person. I saw a few of Cho's videos and believe he was a sociopath, for sure.

I'm not really saying someone is going to emulate this tragedy *because* of the coverage, just that it adds to the collection of sick heroes kids like him worship...and believe me, they are out there. Notably, this sort of thing has been parodied by the film Natural Born Killers. Sick people make heroes out of killers based on how many they've killed, etc.

I don't know. It sickens me.