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 Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: Shooting @ Northern Illinois U. Claims 6+Gunman, Injures 16 |
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DEKALB, Illinois (CNN) -- A gunman dressed in black stepped from behind a curtain at the front of a large lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday and shot 21 people, five of them fatally, then turned shot and killed himself, said university president John Peters.
At least 22 people, including a graduate student who was teaching an ocean sciences class, were shot, Peters said.
Seventeen victims were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, its Web site said.
Of those, six were in critical condition and were flown to other hospitals. One fatality, a male, was confirmed -- but was not the gunman, the hospital said. Two were admitted, and three others were discharged. The other five were not addressed on the Web site.
Four of the fatalities were female, said Peters.
Most of the injuries are head and chest gunshot wounds, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN.
The gunman started shooting from a stage in the room shortly after 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) in Cole Hall, officials said.
Police Chief Donald Grady said authorities do not yet know of a motive. |
The report is not right, 6 people not including the gunman have now died, making it 7 total. The gunman was not a student at NIU currently but was a former graduate student.
Please keep these students and their families and friends in your thoughts.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:30 am Post subject: |
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More school/university shootings?  |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| I heard about this while I was away, which was kind of weird, because I was real isolated from [current American] news while on the trip. But this was a shocker...Weren't there several high school shootings this past week? It being in IL it felt that much closer to me, in a strange way. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: |
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| Yea there were two highschool shootings other than this and one elementary school shooting (by adult to an adult) all in the same week. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll never understand the US. Why are people surprised when things like this happen, if gun control there is so lax? |
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