Names of people killed at Virginia Tech
The following have been identified as people killed in Monday’s massacre on the Virginia Tech campus. Information has been compiled from The Associated Press, NBC News, CollegeMedia.com (the Virginia Tech student newspaper), MSNBC, Facebook and other media outlets.
We will keep updating the list as more information becomes available
Total Casualities: 32 + shooter (33)
Breakdown: 27 Students, 5 professors + 1 shooter
Names of Students killed at Virginia Tech
1. Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass. He was a sophomore English major who was gunned down in French class.
2. Ryan Clark, 22, from Martinez, Ga., a biology, English and psychology major. He was a resident adviser on the fourth floor of the dorm where the rampage began.
3. Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, a student from Peru who was studying international relations. He was shot during French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva.
4. Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., was a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to officials at her former school district.
5. Emily Jane Hilscher, 19, from Woodville, Va., according to family friend John McCarthy. She was a freshman majoring in animal and poultry sciences.
6. Matt La Porte, age unknown, from Dumont, N.J., a freshman majoring in university studies.
7. Jarrett Lane, 22 , from Narrows, Va., a senior majoring in civil engineering.
8. Henry Lee, age unknown, from Roanoke, Va., a freshman majoring in computer engineering.
9. Juan Ortiz, 26, a graduate student in civil engineering from Puerto Rico
10. Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va., according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.
11. Reema Samaha, 18, from Centreville, Va., a freshman whose passion was dance.
12. Leslie Sherman, age 20, a sophomore majoring in history and international studies.
13. Maxine Turner, age unknown, from Vienna, Va., a senior majoring in chemical engineering.
14. Erin Peterson , Centreville, Virginia. Age unknown, graduated in 2006 from Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va., along with a second victim, Reema Samatha. That is the same high school that the alleged gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, graduated from three years earlier
15. Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Johnstown, Penn., according to WJAC TV. A graduate student in engineering, he had received his bachelor’s degree from Penn State
16. Daniel O’Neil, 22, of Lincoln, R.I. A graduate student in environmental engineering, he received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Lafayette College last year
17. Brian Bluhm, 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a civil engineering graduate student.
18. Michael Pohle, 23, of Flemington, N.J., graduated from Hunterdon Central High, according to school officials.
19. Austin Cloyd, age unknown, born in Charlotte, N.C was a freshman majoring in international studies and French.
20. Waleed Shaalan (not confirmed)
21. Julia Pryde, age unknown, a graduate student from Middletown, N.J.
22. Matthew Gwaltney , age unknown, of Chester Va., was majoring in environmental engineering.
23. Nicole White, age unknown, of Carrollton, Va., a junior majoring in international studies and German.
24. Rachael Hill, 18, of Richmond, Va., a freshman. She had graduated from Grove Avenue Christian School.
25. Lauren McCain, age unknown, of Hampton, Va. An undergraduate majoring in international studies.
26. Partahi Lombantoruan, 34, of India, was a civil engineering doctoral student, according to Kristiarto Legowo, a spokesman for the foreign ministry.
27. Minal Panchal, age unknown, of Mumbai, India. She was an architecture major.
Minal’s profile page on Orkut: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=7532880825063317819
Professors and Instructors killed at the Virginia Tech Massacre
1. Christopher James Bishop, 36, an instructor in German and German literature.
2. Dr. Kevin P. Granata, age unknown, an engineering science and mechanics professor.
3. G.V. Loganathan, 51, an Indian-born lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
4. Dr. Liviu Librescu, 76, an engineering science and mathematics lecturer. He was born in Romania, immigrated to Israel in 1978 and moved to Virginia in 1985.
5. Jocelyne Couture-Nowak , age unknown, a French language teacher and former Montreal resident
Killer
1. Identified as Cho Seung-Hui, a 23 year old student from South Korea. He was a senior English major at Virginia Tech
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The killer has been confirmed… My classmates and I grieve for the families of these unfortunate victims. Never forget them. ZACHOR, LO TISHKACH!!!
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BY:jontiara Ponder
MY HEARTS GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES WHO LOST A LOVED ONE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. THIS DAY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. APRIL 16, 2007. VA TECH STAND UP!