The confusion about the name is the difference between the Asian tradition of putting family name first, and the European tradition of family name last. They’re reporting the same name.

I’ve removed a couple of extra links from the bottom of the comment.

by Salvador Astucia, April 27, 2007

As the world knows, April 16, 2007 was a horrific day in America. 33 students and faculty members died in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. At 7:15 am, two young people–male and female–were shot and killed in a Virginia Tech dormitory room at West Ambler Johnston Hall. Two and a half hours later, at 9:45 am, police responded to shootings at Norris Hall, but the doors were barricaded shut. Within ten minutes, they entered the hall and found 31 dead bodies and approximately 30 injured students and faculty members. Among the dead was a 23-year-old male, of Korean origin. His face was badly disfigured from what police concluded was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. There are conflicting reports regarding this young man’s name. The Washington Post has referred to him interchangeably as Seung Hui Cho, and Cho Seung Hui. Most reporters are calling him Cho Seung Hui; however, on April 21, 2007 (five days after the slayings), the Washington Post published a front-page article entitled “An Isolated Boy in a World of Strangers” where they repeatedly called him Seung Hui Cho. One would think our best and brightest journalists could get a few basic facts straight before they conclude without question that this young Korean man was indeed guilty of committing mass-murder. One would think a basic point of agreement would be the name of the perpetrator. But why trifle with minor details like the name of a dead Korean who reportedly shot roughly 60 people with two handguns, left approximately 30 survivors, none of whom were able to identify him? But the media says he’s guilty, so that’s all that matters. Case close.

Nevertheless, since the young man’s name is a question, I will refer to him as Cho for the remainder of this article. Besides the anomaly of Cho’s name, I have noticed lots of inconsistencies and peculiar occurrences regarding the Virginia Tech slayings. The “case closed” mentality centers around the fact that a package was received by NBC News a few days after the slayings, allegedly sent by Cho before he reportedly committed mass-murder and took his own life. The package reportedly contained a video tape of Cho spewing hateful remarks. It also contained voluminous documents, including two plays he authored, and other writings that espoused extreme political views, according to NBC News. He reportedly mailed the package to NBC News in between the two sets of killings, an event that is highly questionable in its own right. Upon receipt of the damning package by NBC, all serious investigations essentially evaporated. Did it occur to anyone that Cho had been set up to take the blame for the actions of others?

Here is a summary of questions and anomalies I have gathered so far:

1. How could one person kill 30 people in a matter of minutes?

2. No eye-witness identified Cho as the shooter.

3. Jay Leno publicly compared Cho to Lee Harvey Oswald.

4. Matt Lauer and the Washington Post claim Cho believed the U.S. Government murdered ex-Beatle John Lennon.

5. The news media has collectively labeled Cho an insane person, but with little evidence.

6. Emmanuel College professor, Nicholas Winset was fired for facilitating a discussion about the Virginia Tech slayings and the pros and cons of gun control.

7. There are conflicting accounts about the clothing worn by Cho while he was allegedly shooting his victims.

8. Why would a Korean–of all ethnicities–shame his family the way Cho did?

9. Cho was reportedly a loner, but Korean men are often shunned by Americans because of vast cultural differences.

10. Why did Cho commit suicide by shooting himself in the face?

11. How do we know it was Cho who mailed the incriminating video and documents to NBC News?

12. Why is Karl Thornhill not a suspect for the double homicide on the morning of April 16, 2007?

13. Could a satanic cult near Blacksburg have been involved in the slayings?

14. Why did Bush endorse witchcraft within the military shortly after the slayings?

The following points are the same issues previously raised, but with additional commentary:

Point # 1. How could one person kill 30 people in a matter of minutes? According to the news media, Cho shot approximately 60 people at Norris Hall, 30 of whom died immediately. Cho had no training in firearms and only used two handguns. Had he used a machine gun or a bomb, the high casualty number might not seem so strange. But he only used two handguns, and apparently no one tried to overpower him. One would think that with approximately 60 shooting victims, at least one would have successfully overpowered him. No one is questioning how he accomplished this task, but it seems like an impossible feat for one person with no firearms training.

We don’t know if the immediate response by the administration was sufficient to contain the threat

It wasn’t. They used three methods to warn and notify staff, faculty and students. 1. The website – crashed. 2. E-mail – server overloaded. 3. Voice mail – overloaded. Three methods, three failures. They learned nothing from the Morva incident.