Police say neither of the women are among the shooting victims

Police say the young Virginia Tech student who committed the worst shooting massacre in U.S. history before killing himself was investigated for allegedly stalking two female students in 2005.

Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum Wednesday said 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui in November 2005 made contact through phone calls and in person with one female student who notified police, but did not press charges.  Flinchum said Cho sent instant messages to another female student the next month, but did not make threats in either incident.

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Police say neither of the women are among the shooting victims.

That same month, December 2005, police say Cho was committed to a private mental health facility after one of his acquaintances called to say he might be suicidal.

Cho is described as a silent, troubled person whose writings concerned instructors so much they contacted school officials.

Cho wrote a number of stories and screenplays for creative writing classes filled with scenes of extreme violence and murder.  An English professor says the writings and Cho's strange behavior prompted her to alert school authorities and the counseling service.  She also tutored Cho individually to keep him away from other students and instructors.

Authorities say he left behind a rambling note with a list of grievances, including complaints about women, religion and "rich kids." 

Federal investigators are searching Cho's writings and e-mails to try and find out why he went on the shooting rampage.

There were reports of renewed police activity Wednesday at Virginia Tech university that gave students a scare.  Media reports said there had been a report of suspicious activity, which later proved to be unfounded.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine said Tuesday he will appoint an independent panel of law enforcement experts to evaluate whether Virginia Tech reacted appropriately to the two shooting incidents.  He said the request to create a panel came from Tech President Charles Steger.

Some Virginia Tech students and their parents are angry over the failure of university officials to warn students and lock down the campus immediately after the first dormitory shootings.  Authorities say they believed the first shootings were domestic related.  At least 30 others were shot two hours later in a campus classroom building.  Cho killed himself before police arrived.

Cho was an English major in his final year of undergraduate studies.  He came to the United States from South Korea in 1992 with his parents when he was eight years old.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.