Updated: NBC has uploaded much of the material they received from Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui. The videos and photos are chilling because of how they make clear Cho planned the murders days, if not weeks, in advance. The picture of Cho wielding a hammer as if he’s about to strike the viewer especially made me feel that he relished the idea of killing people.
The careful way NBC is releasing and discussing the material suggests they’re still holding back a lot.
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I mean — good Lord:
Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but before he slaughtered 30 more in a classroom building Monday morning, Cho Seung-Hui sent NBC News a rambling communication and videos about his grievances, the network said Wednesday.
Cho, 23, a senior English major at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, killed 32 people in two attacks Monday before taking his own life.
Network officials turned the material over to the FBI and said they would not immediately disclose its contents beyond characterizing the material as “disturbing.” It included a written communication, photographs and video.
NBC will be releasing a statement soon and will have it on their evening news as well.