The gun comment brings to mind the report that the serial numbers on the guns were filed off. Yet, the receipt for the gun purchase was in his backpack - wwhhaaaaaa? Why would this kid file off the serial numbers if he was going to go on a suicidal rampage - he's lived in the U.S. long enough to know how these things end. Guns to be used in crimes, from which the criminal walks away, have their serial numbers filed off, right? Guns planted, do too....rs said:The quick reaction team discovers to their dismay that the poor slob was harmless, so plant a gun on him that police have been known to carry just in case. News interviews of his friends and neighbors all note that they cannot understand how such a nice quiet man could go on a rampage.
I don't know... This whole story increasingly feels like we collectively fell down the rabbit hole.
We get a lil pseudo-validation with the "Yes i was an EMT there..." and then the "ex-boyfriend" angle pushed._http://phxsuns.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=7531&start=25 said:From techsideline.com - message board where lots of people have been posting
Copied from speakeasy board
"...was a fwd from and EMS person down at tech..."
-----Original Message-----
From: X
Sent: Mon 4/16/2007 2:01 PM
To: Y
Subject: RE: VT shootings
Guys,
Yes, I responded to assist with the shootings. Thanks to an
overwhelming number of other responders, I didn't treat any of the
patients. However, I think I have a clearer version of the story than what
has been released on the news. I'm not sure on the total body count
though. While the news is currently reporting 22, I've heard as many as
40. As far as those injured, I have no idea. I do know that Montgomery
Regional and NRV had to go on diversion because they were
overwhelmed by numbers of patients.
Approximately 7 of the more critical patients were transported to
Roanoke Memorial and Lewis-Gale. The shooter is among those dead.
To the best of my understanding (from first-hand accounts) this all
started with an ex-boyfriend finding his girlfriend in bed with another
guy. He then shot them, killing the guy immediately and the girl died at
RMH. The shooter then went to Norris hall and entered a classroom
opening fire.
This does hit close to home on a number of levels. Everything from
the fact that we all lived in that dorm to classes that we took in Norris
Hall. It's still hard for me to believe that something so tragic occured. It
makes last August's events with Morva look like child's-play.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The bf-gf angle was reported in more obscure terms earlier in the day by
people who heard from relatives on campus. Of course, wait until police
report the conclusions before accepting anything as fact.
I thought the same thing - that the 'you' was probably those who really did torture this kid, his programmers. Knowing whatever kind of mind programming and torture Cho went through is probably beyond anyone's imagination. It no doubt would leave one emotionally dead.anart said:The shooter speaks about doing this for his sons and daughters - for the innocent and weak who can't fight back against 'you' - I can't help but think the 'you' he's talking about is the programmers - but, still - all in monotone.
Yes, I thought it looked like he was talking through clenched teeth, and couldn't get the words out clearly, but definitely a monotone. I'm not surprised the footage turned up. Like the 9/11 clips, we need something to watch for weeks and weeks to extract the maximum amount of loosh out of everybody. I thought it was curious that he didn't make mention more specifics of what he was going to do, just referred to "this" in a vague way (I may not have seen all the clips) and waved guns around. Maybe the footage was supposed to be "generic" in case the plan changed.anart said:Just watched the videos they're releasing on msnbc.com - this kid is speaking in monotone while raging against everything - if he's not programmed, I'm not typing this.
He went to the second floor.Shar said:Also, if you're going to shoot two random people, why go all the way up to the fourth floor (isn't that where it happened?) instead of closer to the ground where you could get away quicker?
The two shootings just seem so....unrelated, other than the fact that they were both "shootings" and supposedly the same gun was used. :/
How you can say that and not want to show people exactly what JREF is doing is a paradox. How can google ratings be more important than people understanding what JREF does in attempts to maintain the reasonable appearances of its denial?anart said:Just watched the videos they're releasing on msnbc.com - this kid is speaking in monotone while raging against everything - if he's not programmed, I'm not typing this.
FWIW, there was a bomb threat today at one of the high schools a couple miles from here. My coworker said her son was pissed cause she made him go to school anyhow cause they just had one about a week ago that turned out to be a false alarm.Joe said:One of the possible explanations offered for this strange coincidence was that the Virginia Tech assassin was measuring the response time of the authorities in advance of his rampage, but this does not explain why there were other false bomb alerts after the massacre both in Virginia Tech (yesterday) as well as in the universities of Texas and Minnesota today (see links below in Spanish). This would suggest that we are dealing with a campaign of distraction.
Same kind of thing (bomb threats) happened at Wake Tech, the community college in Raleigh, when I was there.Shar said:FWIW, there was a bomb threat today at one of the high schools a couple miles from here. My coworker said her son was pissed cause she made him go to school anyhow cause they just had one about a week ago that turned out to be a false alarm.Joe said:One of the possible explanations offered for this strange coincidence was that the Virginia Tech assassin was measuring the response time of the authorities in advance of his rampage, but this does not explain why there were other false bomb alerts after the massacre both in Virginia Tech (yesterday) as well as in the universities of Texas and Minnesota today (see links below in Spanish). This would suggest that we are dealing with a campaign of distraction.
I think the shooting in the dorm was deliberately made to look like a domestic dispute. That's why Cho didn't go to Norris Hall immediately to continue his rampage. They needed to make it look like the campus and local police failed to respond appropriately so future interventions from DHS and the military will look necessary.rs said:One of the discussion points of this has been the length of time between the first event and the second. Somehow the police were supposed to know the future and react to an event they had absolutely no data to support.
The result of this hindsight will be to lock the screws down a little tighter because it will be expected that the police reaction in situations such as these will be to have a hair trigger and respond with overwhelming force. Welcome to the *real* police state...
yes, they are now tying those fake bomb threats to him, as well as the incident at Burgess hall (next to Norris) that was cordoned by the police ne[t day. Apparently they found ANOTHER bomb threat, in the vicinity of the rampage site or even right near the gunman's body. Which is, just WAY too convenient.Joe said:One of the possible explanations offered for this strange coincidence was that the Virginia Tech assassin was measuring the response time of the authorities in advance of his rampage, but this does not explain why there were other false bomb alerts after the massacre both in Virginia Tech (yesterday)
A bullet fired from a handgun at the back of one's skull is unlikely to make it all the way through the face, and if it does the exit wound couldn't possibly be large enough to cause disfigurement.freetrinity said:Committing suicide by shooting oneself in the back of the head is theoretically possible but hardly the most obvious choice. Bone can send the bullet going a weird way.
That reminds me of a very graphic photo of a suicide I saw years ago. The man did manage to severely disfigure his face, but it was because he propped a sawed-off double barreled shotgun under his chin. There's no way the guns Cho used could have severely disfigured his face, no matter where he shot.Shooting in the mouth, under the jaw or in the temple is more common, and that too can theoretically produce disfigurement, especially if hollow point bullets are used.
Whether or not Cho actually committed the first murder doesn't matter to the press because claiming he was responsible for both and that campus and local police are at fault for failing to take more drastic measure after the first shooting is what is needed to complete the clampdown on civil liberties.This report was made in the first day of the tragedy, when the gunman have not yet been identified. As you see it pushes the lover's quarrel angle, which was abuzz in the student networks on Monday. It has since been proven that the alleged shooter has no connections to the first girl taht was shot in the dorm. Without that, BTW, the version that the two murders are connected doesn't hold that well -- it doesn't correspond to a pattern, and the police is still not ready to decisively link it, even though for the media it is already a done deal.
I noticed that too when reading the Roanoke Times. He was mentioned as being a small guy, so I assumed that meant he was quite short like most Asians and nowhere near 6'.BTW, any mentioning of the shooter as being a 6-foot tall asian is gone. Cho was pretty short.
I wonder if he habitually wore the cap backwards? That's the only way it could be mistaken for a beret. Also, the official account of his attire in the Roanoke Times is now jeans, black leather jacket, and ammo vest. No mention of a Boy Scout type outfit.He did, however, habitually wear a maroon VTech baseball cap (and maroon IS the color of VTech, I have a t-shirt to prove it :)), which may explain "the maroon beret" that the eyewitnesses described.
Maybe they where his programmers/handlers?Why not just go on a rampage there if that's what you're planning eventually? And why those two particular people?