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Virginia Tech president Charles W. Steger said today that the gunman who rampaged through the campus on Monday leaving 32 dead was a student who lived in one of the school’s dormitories.

The name of the assailant has not been publicly released, but Steger said he was an Asian male who was “a resident in one of our dormitories.”

A range of sources, including federal and local officials with knowledge of the case, have stated that the assailant was of Korean descent. His parents live in Fairfax County, one official there said.

Authorities are expected to identify the gunman at a news conference this morning.