Green Bay gun store sold gun to Virginia Tech shooter

(AP) - The owner of a Green Bay-based Internet gun store tells The Associated Press that one of the weapons used in the Virginia Tech shooting was purchased from his store via its Web site.

The store's owner, Eric Thompson, says Cho ordered a Walther .22-caliber handgun on Feb. 2, at a cost of $267.63. He says it was Cho's first order from the site.

Thompson says Cho had the gun shipped to a store in Blacksburg, Va., and picked it up on Feb. 9.

Thompson says the store where the gun is shipped is responsible for the paperwork that goes with the purchase. He says Cho completed the paperwork before the gun was shipped.

Thompson says he feels terrible about the tragedy.

He says he had no idea his business was involved with the shooting until he was contacted on Tuesday by telephone by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

He says he was interviewed in person by ATF agents Wendesday.

Sherry Duval, a spokeswoman at the Minnesota office of the ATF -- which oversees Wisconsin -- did not immediately have any information to provide on the subject.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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