BLACKSBURG -- A 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, Cho Seung-Hui, has been identified as the gunman found dead yesterday after murdering 30 students in Norris Hall. Ballistics tests confirmed that one of the two guns found at Norris Hall was also used at a shooting that took place two hours earlier in West Ambler Johnston dormitory yesterday morning. While police said it is likely that the two shootings are related and the work of Cho, the investigation is ongoing.
Cho, a South Korean native, was a senior at Tech majoring in English.
The handguns used by Cho in the massacre were purchased in accordance to Virginia law in March, according to Steve Flaherty, superintendent of Virginia state police.
This afternoon, authorities have executed a search warrant of Cho
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