Florida student who died in dorm room suicide planned campus attack – police

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Florida student who died in dorm room suicide planned campus attack - police

Authorities at University of Central Florida found pistol, assault
weapon and explosives in room of James Oliver Seevakumaran

Richard Luscombe in Miami
guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 March 2013 21.54 GMT

Authorities at a Florida university believe they thwarted an attack on their campus by a student armed with assault weapons and explosives.

James Oliver Seevakumaran killed himself with a single gunshot to the head as police arrived at a dormitory building at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, in the early hours of Monday.

"His timeline got off," Richard Beary, the UCF police chief, said at an afternoon press conference. "We think the rapid response of law enforcement may have changed his ability to think quickly on his feet."

According to Beary, Seevakumaran, 30, pulled a gun on one of his three roommates in Tower 1 of the university's dormitories shortly after midnight. The student called 911.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/18/florida-student-planned-campus-attack-police

[onehandle]

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

If only we tracked people who bought assault weapons.

[Hugabear]

2. But assault weapons are a God given right

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. This is a very odd bit of snark

Maybe if Che had registered all his weapon purchases the CIA could have caught up with him a lot sooner.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. What about the IED he fabricated?

It seems those are becoming more prevelant in these things, i.e OKC, Columbine, Aurora...