Same Dealer Supplied Campus Killers
February 17th, 2008Via: Sky:
A gunman who shot dead five Illinois students bought equipment from the same internet gun dealer as the student who murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech last year, it has emerged.
Gun supplier Eric Thompson said his website, topglock.com, sold two empty magazines and a holster to Stephen Kazmierczak just 10 days before the 27-year-old launched a suicidal attack on an Illinois classroom.
Another of his sites, thegunstore.com, also sold a Walther .22-calibre handgun to Cho Seung-Hui, who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in April 2007.
The dealer said: “I’m still blown away by the coincidences. I’m shaking. I can’t believe somebody would order from us again and do this.”
Mr Thompson admitted the thought had crossed his mind that Kazmierczak found out about his site from the publicity it got after the Virginia Tech shootings.
The site saw an increase in traffic after that shooting, he said, adding that he had also received many phone calls and threats.
Kazmierczak carried a rifle and three handguns into the classroom, two of which were purchased legally on February 9 in Champaign, Illinois.
Police said the sociology graduate, who had been an “outstanding student” during his time at the university, had become erratic after halting his medication.
