Not really...here are all the countries in Asia that qualify for accurately being referred to as 'Asian':
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Countries of Asia
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China
Georgia
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
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That narrows it right down, I guess?
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That from above —
I think it unlikely that Virginia college kids are going to describe Pakistanis or Indians or Afghans as “Asian” although a Brit college kid would. More likely he was East Asian, such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean or possibly Indonesian.
If so, then I’ll bet it’s unlikely he was ROP, unless he was Indonesian. Undoubtedly we will find in due course.
Multiple first hand reports that the shooter was Asian. In general usage (college age kids) Asian is Chinese-Korean-Vietnamese, NOT Lebanese or Iranian even though these places are in Asia.
I think it was an Asian kid, based on these first hand accounts, and so suspect SJS is not the cause.