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Today in History: Deadly Shooting at Virginia Tech Claims 32 Lives

4/16/2026

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On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, carried out a mass shooting on the university campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. He killed 32 individuals and injured 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols before taking his own life. The incident remains one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

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On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, carried out a mass shooting on the university campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. He killed 32 individuals and injured 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols before taking his own life. The incident remains one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.