James Seevakumaran

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Last Item on UCF Plotter's Checklist: 'Give Them Hell'

No motive found for campus massacre plan

(Newser) - The University of Central Florida student believed to have plotted a campus massacre was found with a checklist that included getting drunk at a bar near campus and pulling a fire alarm to flush out students, authorities say. The final item on the list was "good luck & give...

Roommate's 911 Call May Have Stopped UCF Shooter

Seevakumaran brandished gun at him

(Newser) - Police say we may have James Oliver Seevakumaran's roommate to thank for averting a shooting spree . Just before Seevakumaran pulled his dorm fire alarm yesterday he pointed a gun at his roommate, who ran, hid in a bathroom, and dialed 911, authorities tell Fox News . University of Central Florida...

UCF Suicide Case Planned Wider Attack

'Anti-social' ex-student had assault weapon, explosives

(Newser) - The man who killed himself at the University of Central Florida today was a former student who had planned to open fire in his school dorm, the Orlando Sentinel reports. UCF Police Chief Richard Beary identified him as James Seevakumaran, 30, and said writings in his room laid out "...

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