VA Tech Gunman on Student Visa From China

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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.

The exits to the buildings where the shootings occurred were chained by the shooter, the source said.

UPDATE: Great piece on media bias from Robert Stacy McCain.

For some, the criminal evil this morning at Virginia Tech was the death of a family member, a friend, or a neighbor. For others, it was a shocking reminder of the brutal cruelty that can lurk hidden in the hearts of men.

For Brian Ross of ABC News, however, the Blacksburg massacre was an opportunity to promote irrelevant propaganda about the expiration of the so-called “assault weapons” ban:

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