Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior [majoring in English], arrived in the United States as boy from South Korea in 1992 and was raised in suburban Washington, D.C., officials said. The Chicago Tribune reported on its Web site that he left a note in his dorm room that included a rambling list of grievances. Citing unidentified sources, the Tribune said he had recently shown troubling signs, including setting a fire in a dorm room and stalking some women. ABC, citing law enforcement sources, reported that the note, several pages long, explains Cho’s actions and says, “You caused me to do this.”
Lucinda Roy, the department’s director of creative writing, who had Cho in one of her classes and described him as “troubled.” There was some concern about him,” Rude said. “Sometimes, in creative writing, people reveal things and you never know if it’s creative or if they’re describing things, if they’re imagining things or just how real it might be. But we’re all alert to not ignore things like this.”
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