Virginia Tech Shooter Possibly On Student Visa

April 16, 2007

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Police have made a preliminary identification of the shooter

Several news reports are suggesting that the shooter is a particular Facebook member. We have researched the links and while the pictures and profile will certainly stir up some talk. This is most likely not the Virginia Tech shooter. First, the users page has been updated several times today. Secondly, we have found links and posts on this persons other sites dating back to 2005. The suspect is reported to have arrived on a student visa just last year.

Update: The Facebook member mentiooned above has come out and exposed the story as an Internet Hoax.

Here is a link to his site.

He has updated it with the following message.

“Coming out. I am not the shooter. Through this experience, I have received numerous death threats, slanderous accusations, and my phone is out of charge from the barrage of calls. Local police have been notified of the situation.

My original intention was to wait until I got AdSense on my site and donating all the proceeds to Charity. However, this situation has now spiraled out of control. I am now confirming that I am not the shooter. I will be available for interview by a news agency to clear my name, talk about the experience, and give my opinion on how the situation could have turned out better if other students were allowed to be armed. I will only speak with individuals who are interested in donating to charities resulting from today’s events”

Authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history was a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa.

The 24-year-old man arrived in San Francisco on United Airlines on Aug. 7 on a visa issued in Shanghai, the source said. Investigators have not linked him to any terrorist groups, the source said.

Police believe three bomb threats on the campus last week may have been attempts by the man to test the campus’ security response, the source said.

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