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Killer sent package to NBC
19/04/2007 10:02 - (SA)
Blacksburg - The gunman who killed at least 30 students on a Virginia college campus sent photographs, video and writings to NBC News, police said on Wednesday.
"Earlier today, NBC News in New York received correspondence that we believe to have been from Cho Seung-Hui, the gunman responsible for the fatal shootings in Norris Hall," police superintendent Steve Flaherty told a news conference.
"The correspondence included multiple photographs, video and writings. Upon receipt of this correspondence, NBC News immediately notified authorities."
Flaherty said the material had been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but gave no further details about what it contained.
"This may be a very new critical component of this investigation. We are in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evaluate its worth," he said.
The 23-year-old South Korean native launched a fatal rampage at Virginia Tech University on Monday before turning the gun on himself. The killings marked the deadliest school shooting in US history. Sent before mass shooting
NBC said on its website that it believed the material had been sent after a first shooting incident on Monday at the university in which a male and female student were killed, but before the mass shooting in a second school building.
"Sometime after he killed two people in a 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.
The package was apparently sent by mail and included "a written communication, photographs and video", the statement said.
Network officials "would not immediately disclose its contents pending the (FBI's) review beyond characterising the material as 'disturbing'."
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