The Virginia Tech shooting Use_firearm was a school shooting Use_firearm that occurred Coming_to_be on April 16 , 2007 , at West Ambler Johnston Hall and Norris Hall at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , in Blacksburg , Virginia .

As police stormed Catastrophe Norris Hall , Cho committed Killing suicide Killing by shooting Use_firearm himself in the head .

Frank Norris ' 1901 novel , `` '' , was inspired Influence by this incident Catastrophe , as was W. C. Morrow 's 1882 novel `` Blood-Money '' .