Dive Summary:
- According to police, James Oliver Seevakumaran, a former University of Central Florida student still living on campus who took his own life early Monday morning, had plans to kill others in the Tower 1 dorm building before changing his mind.
- Seevakumaran died from a single gunshot to the head by a recently purchased gun, and police searching his dorm room found writings indicating a "planned attack," an assault rifle with a 28-bullet magazine, a handgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack with handmade explosives.
- Police believe the Seevakumaran pulled a fire alarm shortly after midnight and planned to shoot other residents while they evacuated the building, but changed his mind and shot himself after pulling a gun on a roommate who escaped to the bathroom and called 911.
From the article:
A former University of Central Florida student still living on campus drafted plans to kill others in his dormitory but changed his mind early Monday and took only his own life, police said.
James Oliver Seevakumaran, 30, was found in his dorm room in Tower 1, a seven-story structure near the UCF Arena. He died from a single shot to the head fired by one of his newly purchased guns, police said. ...