The Virginia Tech police have revealed that Cho was institutionalized in 2005 after he was accused of stalking two women. The campus police intervened after the second woman filed a complaint and asked that Cho have no further contact with her. This is Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum.

Wendell Flinchum: “Officers followed up the next morning and spoke with Cho concerning this matter. Later that day police received a call from an acquaintance of Cho’s who was concerned that Cho may be suicidal. Officers again met with Cho and asked him to speak to a counselor. He went voluntarily to the police department. Based on that interaction with the counselor, a temporary detention order was obtained, and Cho was taken to a mental health facility.”

Flinchum did not say how long he stayed at the hospital, but ABC News is reporting he was released the following day. A psychologist certified that Cho was “mentally ill,” but he concluded that Cho “does not present an imminent danger to himself or others.”