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Seung-Hui Cho〔Some initial media reports referred to Cho's name as ''Cho Seung-hui'', with the family name "Cho" appearing ahead of the given name in accordance with Korean naming custom. However, subsequent statements by the family indicated the preference for the Western ordering of Cho's name as ''Seung-hui Cho''. Cho himself sometimes used the name ''Seung Cho''.〕 (; January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a South Korean mass murderer who killed 32 people and wounded 17 others on April 16, 2007, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.governor.virginia.gov/TempContent/techPanelReport.cfm )〕 An additional six people were injured jumping from windows to escape. He was a senior-level undergraduate student at the university. The shooting rampage came to be known as the Virginia Tech shooting. Cho committed suicide after police breached the doors of the building where the majority of the shooting had taken place. His body is buried in Fairfax, Virginia. Born in South Korea, Cho arrived in the United States at the age of eight with his family. He became a U.S. permanent resident as a South Korean national.〔().〕 In middle school, he was diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder known as selective mutism, as well as major depressive disorder.〔(The alienation and anger of Seung-hui Cho ).〕 After this diagnosis he began receiving treatment and continued to receive therapy and special education support until his junior year of high school. During Cho's last two years at Virginia Tech, several instances of his abnormal behavior, as well as plays and other writings he submitted containing references to violence, caused concern among teachers and classmates. In the aftermath of the shootings, Virginian governor Tim Kaine convened a panel consisting of various officials and experts to investigate and examine the response and handling of issues related to the shootings. The panel released its final report in August 2007, devoting more than 30 pages to detailing Cho's troubled history. In the report, the panel criticized the failure of the educators and mental health professionals who came into contact with Cho during his college years to notice his deteriorating condition and help him. The panel also criticized misinterpretations of privacy laws and gaps in Virginia's mental health system and gun laws. In addition, the panel faulted Virginia Tech administrators in particular for failing to take immediate action after the first shootings. Nevertheless, the report did acknowledge that Cho was still primarily responsible for not seeking assistance and for his murderous rampage.〔(Virginia Tech Review Panel: Mass shootings at Virginia Tech – Report of the Review Panel. ) (2007, August). Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia. Retrieved September 21, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader required for viewing all sections of the report).〕 ==Early life and education== Cho was born on 18 January 1984 in the city of Asan, in South Korea's South Chungcheong Province. Cho and his family lived in a basement apartment in the South Korean capital of Seoul for a couple of years before immigrating to the United States. Cho's father was self-employed as a bookstore owner, but made minimum wages from the venture. Seeking better education and opportunities for his children, Cho's father immigrated to the United States in September 1992 with his wife and three children. Cho was eight years old at the time. The family first lived in Detroit, then moved to the Washington metropolitan area after learning that it had one of the largest South Korean expatriate communities in the U.S., particularly in Northern Virginia. Cho's family settled in Centreville, an unincorporated community in western Fairfax County, Virginia about west of Washington, D.C.〔Ferenc, Leslie. (April 19, 2007). (Gunman took tortured path to massacre. ) ''The Toronto Star''. Retrieved on May 9, 2007.〕 Cho's father and mother opened a dry-cleaning business in Centreville. After the family moved to Centreville, Cho and his family became permanent residents of the United States as South Korean nationals.〔Wilgoren, D., Schneider, H. & Pierre, R.E. (2007, April 17). (Centreville Student was Va. Tech shooter. ) ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved on April 17, 2007.〕 His parents became members of a local Christian church, and Cho himself was raised as a member of the religion,〔Sang-Hun, C. (April 20, 2007). (Relatives in South Korea say Cho was an enigma. ) ''The International Herald Tribune''. Retrieved April 30, 2007.〕 although he "railed against his parents' strong Christian faith." According to one report, Cho had left a note in his dormitory which contained a rant referencing Christianity and denigrating "rich kids". In a video that Cho mailed to the NBC headquarters in New York he stated, "Thanks to you I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seung-Hui Cho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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