BLACKSBURG, Va. - According to Virginia Tech campus police, the student responsible for at least one of the two shootings Monday at the university was mentally unstable.
Campus police twice received complaints from women regarding Cho Seung-Hui. The first incident occurred Nov 27, 2005, campus police Chief Wendell Flinchum said.
He added that the female complainants characterized Cho's contact with them as 'annoying.'
A second incident occurred in December when a female student contacted police after Cho repeatedly contacted her. After that complaint officers followed up the next morning with an in-person interview, Flinchum said.
Officers asked Cho to speak to a mental health counselor and he agreed. Cho was committed at Carilion Saint Albans Behavioral Health Center in Christiansburg, Va. on Dec. 13.
"The attacks since those contacts in November and December of 2005 I am not aware of any additional incidents or reports made to our department," Flinchum said.
Virginia state police superintendent Col. W. Steven Flaherty said federal, state and local law enforcement still are trying to establish connections between Cho and the victims, but are not able to confirm any at this point.
