Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times

AP ^ | 04/22/07 | KRISTEN GELINEAU,

[TigerLikesRooster]

Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer
12 minutes ago

Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho fired enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times before killing himself with a bullet to his head, a medical examiner said Sunday.

Dr. William Massello, the assistant medical examiner based in Roanoke, said pathologists have sent blood samples for toxicology testing to determine if Cho was on drugs at the time of his rampage. It could take as long as two weeks to get the results of those tests, he said.

Cho was not especially accurate with his shots, Massello said, but hit many of the victims several times. His shots caused more than 100 wounds.

Many of the victims had defensive wounds, indicating they tried to shield themselves from Cho's fire, but there was no evidence in the autopsies that Cho struggled with any of the people he killed.

Cho died from a gunshot to his temple, Massello said. Even if his brain had been intact, doctors would not have been able to tell whether he had any sort of brain abnormality. Those are usually neurological or chemical disorders that are not detectable during an autopsy, he said.

Massello said autopsy reports are being typed, and he was unsure when they would formally be completed and released.

Authorities had to return to the victims' dorm rooms and homes to collect fingerprint information so they could make identifications, according to an official close to the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Several of the victims had gunshot wounds to the head, the official said.

Many of the victims' bodies left the medical examiner's office on Thursday, the official said, adding that several major airlines offered to transport the bodies back to their families' for free. The official was not sure if Cho's body was among those that had been released.

Massello said it took four doctors working for days to complete the autopsies on all 32 victims and Cho, but he was not sure whether all had been released to families.

[School of Rational Thought]

could be a question of time .. the 93 passengers had time to understand what was going on, and to talk among themselves about how to handle the situation. THese kids were sitting in class when the gunman entered, blasting away. No time for them to comprehend, much less develop a battle plan. The didn't need time to plan, they just needn't to react.

[Drawsing]

The students in the classroom had virtually no time to communicate.

Second that. A quiet drowsy Monday morning lecture and suddenly a loud popping noise from behind and what! ...who! ...where! ...this must be a joke, this can't be for real and then....you're dead or injured.

[Tolsti]

Feed his body to dogs and pigs on tv. Maybe then it’ll be less glamorous.

[JCEccles]

I am still puzzled why nobody yelled, “Let’s roll...”

Put on your asbestos underwear. There is a very vocal group of FReepers who believe that total submission to and death at the hands of a skinny punk with a handgun was the only option open to these hundreds of kids over the long course of the rampage. Anyone who even dares to suggest that resistence was an option will be blasted by these mavens of victimhood for dishonoring the dead.

These unfortunate young men and women learned helplessness from the liberal media and culture they are steeped in.

The only upside is, many other young men and women will learn from this debacle that there IS an option. They will reject the lessons of helplessness and victimhood and will take a stand if they are ever in a similar situtation.

[JCEccles]

The time to prepare is long before the situation ever arises.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...it took four doctors working for days to complete the autopsies on all 32 victims...”

Prayers Up for these stoic men and women. I can’t even imagine that being my job. God Bless Them.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’m only 5 foot, about 125 lbs. You hit ‘em high, I’ll hit ‘em low...or you can just pick me up and throw me at him. ;)

[Stayfree]

Yep!

[DBrow]

“fired enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 “

He fired 3200 shots? What kind of writing is this?

[Zeroisanumber]

I am still puzzled why nobody yelled, “Let’s roll...” and ran into him with chairs, furniture, whatever. I just do not understand why at least some of the students didn’t go after him. Haven’t these kids learned anything from 9/11? Survival???

Plenty of armchair warriors and internet commandos second-guessing the kids on these threads. You can't know how you'll react unless you're in the situation, and talking tough about how much Kung-Fu you would unleash while denigrating the victims is a bunch of disrespectful macho bullcrap.

[Zeroisanumber]

Put on your asbestos underwear. There is a very vocal group of FReepers who believe that total submission to and death at the hands of a skinny punk with a handgun was the only option open to these hundreds of kids over the long course of the rampage. Anyone who even dares to suggest that resistence was an option will be blasted by these mavens of victimhood for dishonoring the dead.

Bull. What I take exception to is the number of idiots who sit in the comfort of their own homes on their big, soft butts and talk tough about how much ass they would have kicked if they had been there. And you ARE dishonoring the dead by essentially calling the kids a bunch of sheep.