Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Virginia Tech shooting
Matthew died along with Prof. Couture-Nowak and 10 other students in French class.
He was a Freshman from Dumont, NJ his Major was Political Science.
Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.
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