Seung-Hui Cho

Quick Facts

Full Name	Seung-Hui Cho
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	Jan 18, 1984(1984-01-18)
Age	40
Date Of Death	2007-04-16
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Capricorn

Seung-Hui Cho Biography

Seung-Hui Cho is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on January 18, 1984 in South Korea. Criminal who killed 32 victims in the horrific 16 April 2007, Virginia Tech Massacre.

He as well as Sandy Hook Elementary School killer He and Sandy Hook Elementary School killer Adam Lanza were both psychologically troubled mass shooters of the early 21st century. were both psychopathically troubled mass shooters in the early 21st century.

Seung-Hui Cho (Korean: 조승희 , properly Cho Seung-Hui; January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a Korean American immigrant who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, making it the deadliest school shooting in American history. An additional six people were injured jumping from windows to escape. Cho was a senior-level undergraduate student at the university and committed suicide after police breached the doors of Norris Hall, where most of the shooting had taken place. His body is buried in Fairfax, Virginia.

During the spring of Cho’s eighth-grade year in 1999, the Columbine High School massacre made international news and Cho was transfixed by it. “I remember sitting in Spanish class with him, right next to him, and there being something written on his binder to the effect of, you know, ‘ ‘F’ you all, I hope you all burn in hell,’ which I would assume meant us, the students,” said Ben Baldwin, a classmate of Cho. Cho also wrote in a school assignment about wanting to “repeat Columbine”. The school contacted Cho’s sister, who reported the incident to their parents. Cho was sent to a psychiatrist.

The parents of his were seeking help for their mental disorder in his early years however, he was inaccessible to help with mental health.

Seung-Hui Cho Net Worth

Seung-Hui Cho is one of the richest Criminal from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Seung-Hui Cho 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The boy was troubled kid that was believed by psychologists as an mute who was selective.

The pre-massacre assignments he was assigned in Virginia Tech creative writing classes were filled with violent themes and agitated both students and teachers.

Cho was born on January 18, 1984, in the city of Asan, in South Korea’s South Chungcheong Province. Cho and his family lived in a basement apartment in the South Korean capital of Seoul for a couple of years before immigrating to the United States. Cho’s father was self-employed as a bookstore owner, but made minimum wages from the venture. Seeking better education and opportunities for his children, Cho’s father immigrated to the United States in September 1992 with his wife and three children. Cho was eight years old at the time. The family first lived in Detroit, then moved to the Washington metropolitan area after learning that it had one of the largest South Korean expatriate communities in the U.S., particularly in Northern Virginia. Cho’s family settled in Centreville, an unincorporated community in western Fairfax County, Virginia about 25 miles (40 km) west of Washington, D.C. Cho’s father and mother opened a dry-cleaning business in Centreville. After the family moved to Centreville, Cho and his family became permanent residents of the United States as South Korean nationals. His parents became members of a local Christian church, and Cho himself was raised as a member of the religion, although he “hated his parents’ strong Christian faith.” According to one report, Cho had left a note in his dormitory which contained a rant referencing Christianity and denigrating “rich kids”. In a video that Cho mailed to the NBC headquarters in New York he stated, “Thanks to you I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On December 13, 2005, Cho was found “mentally ill and in need of hospitalization” by New River Valley Community Services Board. The physician who examined Cho noted that he had a flat affect and depressed mood, even though Cho “denied suicidal thoughts and did not acknowledge symptoms of a thought disorder.” Cho, suspected of being “an imminent danger to himself or others,” was detained temporarily at Carilion St. Albans Behavioral Health Center in Radford, Virginia, pending a commitment hearing before the Montgomery County, Virginia district court.

Facts & Trivia

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Koch and Eide claimed that Cho had been involved in at least three stalking incidents, two of which resulted in verbal warnings by the Virginia Tech campus police. The first such alleged stalking incident occurred on November 27, 2005. After the incident, according to Koch, Cho claimed to have sent an instant message online to the female student by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and found out where she lived on the campus. Eide stated that Cho then visited her room to see if she was “cool”, adding that Cho remarked that he only found “promiscuity in her eyes”. Eide added that, when Cho visited the female student, Cho said, “Hi, I’m Question Mark” to her, “which really freaked her out.” The female student called the campus police, complaining that Cho had sent her annoying messages and made an unannounced visit to her room. Two uniformed members of the campus police visited Cho’s room at the dormitory later that evening and warned him not to contact the female student again. Cho made no further contact with the student.

Is Seung Hui Cho dead?

Deceased (1984–2007)

Why did Virginia Tech happen?

Virginia Tech shooting
Motive| Possibly retaliation to bullying, misanthropy, mental illness

Who was VA Tech shooter?

On April 16, 2007, 32 people died after being gunned down on the campus of Virginia Tech by Seung-Hui Cho , a student at the college who later died by suicide.

When did Virginia Tech shooting?

April 16, 2007

When was Columbine school shooting?

April 20, 1999