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Police Search for Answers at VT

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2007 6:14 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The Post reports on the ongoing probe into the Virginia Tech shootings, with police reconstructing details of gunman Cho Seung-Hui's movements and searching for motives. Questions include whether Emily Hilscher, his first victim, was a random target, and the possibility that someone else mailed Cho's manifesto to NBC News.

The most salient mystery remains the two-hour gap between killings. Police speculate that Cho may have been foiled in the first assault by locked dorm rooms, or intended the early shootings to divert their attention from the later attack. Cops warn answers will be hard to come by; evidence from Norris Hall alone fills "a significant-sized trailer in a storage area."

Hand written notes from friends adorn the casket of Virginia Tech freshman Mary Karen Read, 19, who was killed in last week's Virginia Rech shooting, during her funeral mass at St. Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
Hand written notes from friends adorn the casket of Virginia Tech freshman Mary Karen Read, 19, who was killed in last week's Virginia Rech shooting, during her funeral mass at St. Mary of Sorrows Roman...   (Associated Press)
Virginia State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty, gestures during a press conference at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
Virginia State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty, gestures during a press conference at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Wednesday, April 25, 2007.   (Associated Press)
A Virginia State Police officer patrols the campus of Virginia Tech as workers continue the process of putting a fence around Norris Hall on the campus in Blacksburg, Va., Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Norris Hall was the scene of a shooting rampage where gunman Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 students and...
A Virginia State Police officer patrols the campus of Virginia Tech as workers continue the process of putting a fence around Norris Hall on the campus in Blacksburg, Va., Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Norris...   (Associated Press)
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