Posted on 04/16/2007 7:28:19 PM PDT by doug from upland
Sun-Times: Va. Shooter May Have Been In U.S. On Visa
POSTED: 6:03 pm CDT April 16, 2007 UPDATED: 9:24 pm CDT April 16, 2007
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CHICAGO -- Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reported Monday that the Virginia Tech shooter is a 24-year-old man from China.
More than 30 people were killed Monday in the shooting rampage on Virginia Tech University's campus.
According to Sneed, the man came to the U.S. last year on a student visa issued in Shanghai.
Police believe the same man may be responsible for threats on campus last week, Sneed reported.
NBC News reported Monday night that the suspect was not a student at Virginia Tech.
Police said the suspect has not been linked to any terrorist group.
Authorities said they know the shooter's identity, but were not releasing it, noting that the man did not carry any identification, and shot himself in the head. The suspect also had no fingerprints existing on record.
Police said they were looking into a cell phone found near his body, NBC5's Natalie Martinez reported. Investigators also said the shooter must have thought about Monday's rampage in advance. Authorities said the shooter was well-armed, with spare ammunition that he carried in his vest for easy access.
A federal assault weapons ban used to limit a 9mm gun to carry just 10 rounds, but with the ban's expiration, 9mm guns can hold 19 rounds, which can fire off as fast as you can pull the trigger.
Wow, I want one of them guns that fires as fast as I pull the trigger! Mine asks me if I really want to fire the gun first!
Any news on that? I heard he was distraught over a break up with his girlfriend. I assume she may have broken up with him?
How do they know this? The police chief of Virgina Tech acted like the ultimate stooge in the press conference, he could not answer any question and he does not know anything. How did they determine that this guy was not part of any terrorist group? Second, the police are the last to know if someone is a terrorist or not, they do not have the means to determine this.
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Mary Carpenter
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That poor dude has been all over the internet, I don’t think it’s him
CNN reporting that “they know his name”, but are not releasing it.
Thank you for saying one second before I did. Check your fmail.
Guy says its not him.
First the bad dog food, now the shooter. Does anything good come out of China anymore?
CNN knows that Hillary has filed four false FEC reports and won’t release it.
Well...our Homeland Security is just interested in Americans...It’s easier.
Did CNN say if he is a Chinese national on a student visa?
they don’t know it. but they know the sheeple have perhaps a 48 hour attention span on this story, so they float and stick to the “no terror links” story from the outset - everyone moves on by thursday.
Doubt he’s the guy, because he just posted a denial.
I was wonder what the “payoff pitch” was that had the authorities sit on the name. This won’t help the let everyone into our country who wants to come here crowd one bit.
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