Six others were injured jumping out of windows to escape Cho. resident who was from South Korea, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols. Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student at the university and a U.S. Coordinates: 37☁3′37″N 80☂5′19″W / 37.227°N 80.422°W / 37.227 -80.422The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.