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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Virginia Tech shooting
| image = Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil Burruss.jpg
| alt = A crowd of people holding candles.
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| location = [[Blacksburg,
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.2231|-80.4211|region:US-VA_type:landmark|display=inline}} (Ambler Johnston Hall){{r|AJ}}<br />{{Coord|37.2294|-80.4231|region:US-VA_type:landmark|display=inline}} (Norris Hall){{r|Norris}}
| date = {{Start date and age|2007|4|16}}
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{{Virginia Tech shooting}}<!-- Title coordinates at midpoint between the two buildings and at precision suggested by WP:OPCOORD (object size ~950 m) -->
The '''Virginia Tech shooting''' was a [[spree killer|spree shooting]] that occurred on Monday, April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the [[Virginia Tech|Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]] in [[Blacksburg,
The first shooting occurred at West Ambler Johnston Hall, a [[dormitory]], where two people were killed; the main attack was a [[school shooting]] at Norris Hall, a classroom building, where Cho chained the main entrance doors shut and fired into four classrooms and in a stairwell, killing thirty more people. As police stormed Norris Hall, Cho fatally shot himself in the head. It was the [[Mass shootings in the United States#Deadliest mass shootings since 1949|deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history]]<!--and do note that part; there were still deadlier shootings in other countries--> and remained so for nine years until the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]]. It remains the deadliest [[school shooting]] in U.S. history and the deadliest mass shooting in [[Virginia]] history.
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