Virginia Tech Shooting: Suicide Note by Cho Seung-Hui Found

The Virginia Tech shooter has been identified.   Cho Seung-Hui has been called a 'jealous boyfriend' by reporters and was reportedly on anti-depressant medication.  He was a loner, and after the murders he committed suicide.  A report from the Chicago Tribune claims he left a suicide note.   According to reports, the killings started with his former girlfriend, and he gunned her down in a dormitory in a jealous rage.

Virginia Tech Shooter Suicide Note: Cho Seung-Hui Railed on Rich Kids

Less than 2½ hours later, the 23-year-old gunman had killed a further 31 students, staff and himself at the Virginia Tech campus, the worst massacre in America's history.

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Police believe the gunman first opened fire at 7.15am in West Ambler Johnston Hall, killing Emily Jane Hilscher, 18. He is said to have been infatuated with her. "The girlfriend cheated on him and he decided to go on a rampage," Karina Porushkevich, 18, told the Sydney Morning Herald. In the aftermath, Ms Porushkevich saw a girl being wheeled out of the dorm with "blood all over her".

"They had a big quarrel and he shot her … then the RA [resident assistant, Ryan Clark, 22] came, and he shot the RA," another student, Chen Chia-hao, told Taiwanese television.

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According to the Tribune, a suicide note believed to have been written by Cho was found in his dorm room that railed against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus.  The report notes that investigators believe Cho at some point had been taking medication for depression. They are examining Cho's computer for more evidence.