Gun used in US shootings was bought for €421

Cho Seung-Hui walked into a Virginia gun shop five weeks ago, put down a credit card and walked out with a Glock 19 handgun and a box of ammunition. He paid $572 (€421).

Gun used in US shootings was bought for €421
Wed, 18 Apr, 2007 - 09:42

Cho Seung-Hui walked into a Virginia gun shop five weeks ago, put down a credit card and walked out with a Glock 19 handgun and a box of ammunition. He paid $572 (€421).

The Glock was one of two guns found with Cho’s fingerprints after he shot dead 32 people and then himself at Virginia Tech University in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history.

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