Campus killer bought empty ammo clips over eBay
"My understanding was there were some clips or some magazine cartridges that might have been purchased electronically," Virginia’s attorney general, Bob McDonnell told CNN.
A company spokeswoman said eBay’s privacy rules prohibited public disclosure of a customer’s purchases but said media reports about Cho Seung-Hui buying clips on the website appeared “fairly accurate.”
"He did have a transaction history on our site, much of it unrelated. There may have been a few items that were related (to the shooting),” spokeswoman Catherine England told AFP.
"Based on reports that are out there, it does appear he may have purchased the items as described,” she said. The South Korean-born Cho used two handguns to kill 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech University on Monday before taking his own life in the worst school shooting in US history.
England denied some media accounts implying Cho bought bullets for his one of his handguns through eBay.
"That’s completely inaccurate. The ammunition itself was not purchased on eBay,” she said.
The company forbids the sale of any ammunition or firearms through its online auction site, said England. Selling magazine clips and gun holsters is legal and the items are also available at numerous stores, she added.
England said eBay quickly shared information with federal law enforcement authorities after learning the identity of the gunman.
"We put in the call to the FBI within 24 hours of this incident," she said.
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