Seung-Hui Cho

South Korean mass murderer; perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre (1984-2007)

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Lived 1984–2007, aged 23South Korea

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Era
1984–2007
Aged 23
Known for
Massacre at Virginia T…
2008

Summary

Updated 2026-06-19

Seung-Hui Cho was a South Korean spree killer who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. This killing is the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, and was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. A senior-level student of creative writing at the university, Cho died by suicide after police breached the doors of Virginia Tech's Norris Hall which Cho had locked with heavy chains, where most of the shooting had taken place.