Police say Fla. college student plotted attack

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A college student with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday in what may have been an attempt to force other students out into the open so that he could slaughter them, authorities said. But he instead put a bullet in his head as police closed in.

James Oliver Seevakumaran, 30, was found dead in his dorm room at the 51,000-student Orlando campus of the University of Central Florida. No one else was hurt.

"His timeline got off," university Police Chief Richard Beary said. "We think the rapid response of law enforcement may have changed his ability to think quickly on his feet."

Some 500 students were evacuated from the building in the middle of the night, unaware how narrowly they had escaped what could have been another Virginia Tech-style bloodbath.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20130318/DA53OJA01.html

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University of Central Florida police block off a street near the Tower 1 dorm after explosive devices were found while investigating a death in the dorm, Monday, March 18, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. Hundreds of students were evacuated, though the school said there was no immediate threat. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

[maxsolomon]

1. when planning murder/suicide, do the suicide part 1st

thank god for this small favor he did the campus.

[freshwest]

6. That's what I've always thought - but it seldom works out that way. Love death? Go there. Alone.

[onehandle]

2. Assault weapons associated with (potential) terror again.

If only we tracked people who bought assault weapons.

[steel4ever]

3. New Decision for College Students

Respond to fire alarm by leaving potentially burning building or hang back in case a sniper pulled the alarm. How wonderful.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Seevakumaran: Central Florida student 'planned massacre' (BBC)

A US university student may have been planning a massacre before he killed himself instead, authorities have said.

James Seevakumaran, 30, was found with explosives and firearms in his room at the University of Central Florida.

Officials said he pointed a gun at another student, who called the police, before pulling a fire alarm and shooting himself.

Hundreds of students were evacuated early on Monday but classes were held after the explosives were removed.

The incident occurred as the US holds an emotionally charged debate about how to curb its gun violence epidemic.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21839198

[renate]

5. without knowing the details of the plot or of his thought processes...

It's kind of a weird thing to say about somebody who apparently had such a violence fetish, but good for him for at least deciding--maybe at the last minute?--not to take anybody else out with him before committing the suicide he was going to commit anyway. A LOT of parents and families and friends have been spared terrible, terrible pain.

[freshwest]

7. Some people walk around in a dream or a nightmare in the daylight. His is over.

For whatever reason, I'm glad he chose to not go through with killing others. The mystery of his life is over, now.