[Lazamataz]

Parents live here, too, Laz. He’s the child of immigrants.

Not according to the gun shop owner, who saw his paperwork. He correctly identified the kid's name as 'Cho' (alibet transposing the first and last names -- easy with such a foreign nomenclature) well before this morning.

""Well, I'm screwed. They found a receipt in the gunman's pocket indicating that he bought the gun from me in March. ATF is at my shop right now. See you later, I'm on my way to the shop right now."

[...]"Call BS all you like, but I just spent the last several hours with 3 ATF agents. I saw the shooter's picture. I know his name and home address. I also know that he used a Glock 19 and a Walther P-22. The serial number was ground off the Glock. Why would he do that and still keep the receipt in his pocket from when he bought the gun? ATF told me that they are going to keep this low-key and not report this to the tv news. However, they cautioned that it will leak out eventually, and that I should be ready to deal with CNN, FOX, etc. My 32 camera surveillance system recorded the event 35 days ago. This is a digital system that only keeps the video for 35 days. We got lucky. By the way, the paperwork for Mr. Cho was perfect, thank God."

"[...]Mr. Cho had proof of Virginia residency, checkbook (for a second ID), and his green card(which is, of course, not green). That is all he needed to purchase a handgun."

[LikeLight]

So we’re eventually going to see a 32-camera video of the perp buying the guns... That’s gonna be chilling...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

If you’re born out of the country, and your parents qualify for a green card, you too have a green card. He’s got a green card, not a student visa, and at that age, it’s almost a requirement that if you have a green card, you have to be the child of an immigrant because of the way green cards are issued.

I do believe that I read his parents live in the state, but I might be confusing things.

But an English Major! Wow!

[Choose Ye This Day]

alibet transposing the first and last names

He got it right. The kid's last name is (was) Cho. Last names come first in Korea, China, etc.

[Spktyr]

With Asian names, the family name often comes first, then the individual’s name.

IIRC, the Koreans follow this tradition, so it is entirely possible that the gun shop owner was *correct*.

[ribosomal soup]

He correctly identified the kid's name as 'Cho' (alibet transposing the first and last names -- easy with such a foreign nomenclature) well before this morning.

Cho IS the Korean guy's last name (he didn't mix up the order). Once I saw that, I knew the shooter couldn't have been Chinese. Cho is a bonafide Korean last name.

[spunkets]

Thanks Laz.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Yeah, the guy who posted on the gun forum last night was definitely legit.