news on Cho....notified NBC between 8-9 a.m.

BLACKSBURG, Va. — The gunman who went on a rampage at Virginia Tech university sent a "rambling" and "disturbing" account of his grievances to NBC between the first killing, when two people died, and his slaughter of 30 others, the network said Wednesday.

MSNBC, an affiliate of NBC, said the material included video and a multi-page statement. It said the broadcaster handed the material to the FBI.

In Monday's rampage, the worst in modern U.S. history, a man and a woman were killed in a student dorm in the first shooting while the others were shot in a classroom building on the campus about two hours later.

Cho Seung-Hui

REUTERS/Department of Homeland Security/Handout

The correspondence with NBC was confirmed by Steven Flaherty, the Virginia state police superintendent, who told reporters at the university: "Earlier today NBC news in New York received correspondence that we believe was from Cho."

He said it included "photographs, video and multiple writings."

MSNBC said NBC officials would not disclose the contents of the material pending the FBI’s review.

According to a report on MSNBC.com, the package was time-stamped in the two-hour window between Monday's shootings and sent to NBC News head Steve Capus. Capus told the news Web site that Cho talks to the camera in the videos, vaguely referring to the shootings in one instance and stating that "This didn't have to happen."

Police feel the package may represent "a very new, critical component of this investigation," Capus added

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well, appears that he wanted minutes of fame (by his notifying NBC in between the two shootings, making it premeditated for sure).....very sad....

God Bless Them All.....

• Another dead - Beverly Riffe
  • news on Cho....notified NBC between 8-9 a.m. - article inside post
    • Has anyone else watched this stuff? - nn
      • There is a lot more to it than just envy... - TM
        • I had not seen all of this, obviously..sm - nn
          • After he shot the first 2 victims, he mailed this package - TM
            • I am beginning to wonder --sm - nn
  • The family of this young man who committed this act should also be.... - ormtme
    • Thank you! - Animal Freak
    • VT - this didnt have to happen
      • No, he is an adult and responsible for himself. - anon
        • He might be, but there should be quite - TM
          • Woah, I'm pretty much sick of hearing...sm - sick and tired
            • I couldn't agree more......sm - MT20+
      • You are not responsible for others - Gerri
      • he was an adult, by our standards, and would have been--sm - nn
    • I agree and I prayed for them yesterday when this first happened--sm - nn
  • yes and they learned more about the shooter - 23 y/o Korean been in the states legally 15 yrs..s
    • Born in Korea, but..... - looftm
      • Right on! - Animal Freak
        • GREAT POST - - you nailed it..............nm
          • merci - Animal Freak
    • Has nothing to do with being Korean. SM - Tina
    • more on the perp - teacher referred him to - counseling upon reading one of his plays..sm
    • please don't blame his heritage...this could have--sm - nn
      • I did NOT blame his culture-reading problem? - 23 y/o Korean been in the states legally 15 yrs
        • Still, one needs to step back and be objective - get the bigger picture, maybe....sm
          • great post but Koreans have lived in/around USA - since years after Korean war......sm
            • According to news report today......sm - MT20+
              • I think we all agree on that one...however--sm - nn
          • you make a valid point..sm - nn
        • That part did not need to be stated at all--sm - nn
          • Please...how ridiculous...I agree with the other poster! - SM
          • will you quit attacking - I never said....sm - 23 y/o Korean been in the states legally 15 yrs
            • Well said and I guess the other poster thinks the people on the news are all racist as well! lol - nm
            • sm - nn
              • it is a fact that in the school textbooks in Korea - they teach Anti-Americanism....sm
                • but he did not go to Korean schools - nn
                  • oh but he did attend 4 yrs of school in Korea - the formative years..............no msg
            • sorry for typo inside, correction inside this one - 23 y/o Korean been in the states legally 15 yrs
      • i disagree somewhat. i don't think this particular issue needs to become a race thing, but sm - tired of violence
        • Good post. - ben
          • thank you, bed, for this post, confirming - what I posted over past few days....
            • thank you, BEN - oops typo in name (sorry).. - what I posted over past few days....
              • yeah..you're right...he did it because he is Korean.nm - anon
                • no, nobody ever said he did it because he's korean - please re-read all threads........NM
                  • I have read all of them...sm - anon
          • I was thinking the same exact thing. - TM
            • exactly! Hate is learned from home too..... - what I posted over past few days....
            • then why is it that --sm - nn
              • I cannot answer that question for you... - TM
        • Let me insert something here - Sandy
          • I agree. thank you for saying that...sm - nn
            • webistes regarding what they teach..SM - Korean
              • What does this have to do with anything?? - sm
                • wrong...he spent 4 years in korean schools - kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd...nm
                • my point exactly--sm - nn
                  • one learns an awful lot in their young years, true? - thanks to the ones who agree opposite too...sm
            • Do you really think that antidepressants - TM
              • I have known--sm - nn
                • Did I say you did? - TM
                  • Thanks for understanding..sm - nn
        • what about all those american mailmen who - WENT/GO POSTAL?! Quit blaming foreigners
        • Let us not forget the Americans at Columbine and Oklahoma City. - anon
      • I totally agree with you. nm - trose
    • RE: VT - Beverly Riffe

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well Howard murdered Daniel and Anna Nicole for one reason only--  dinero there are things reported here in Broward-Dade that arent on the national news

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They didn't see any evidence of bedbugs and they said the marks on my husband don't look like bedbug bites at all.  They suggested that he see his doctor, which he is going to do.

Woohoo!!  I am sorry my husband is suffering, but we are both GLAD it isn't bedbugs.

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