Gunman Opens fire at Northern Illinois

[sigmamason]

ajc.com > nation/world
UPDATED: 5:35 p.m. February 14, 2008
Gunman opens fire at Northern Illinois U; 15 people hurt

Associated Press
Published on: 02/14/08
DEKALB, Ill. — A gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 15 people, authorities said.

"Campus police report that the immediate danger has passed. The gunman is no longer a threat," the school reported on its Web site at 4:14 p.m.

Kishwaukee Community Hospital said on its Web site up to 15 victims were arriving, including three to four with head wounds.

The shooting took place around 3 p.m. in Cole Hall near the King Commons, a central gathering place on the 25,000-student campus, according to the Web site.

All classes were canceled Thursday night and the campus was closed on Friday. Students were urged to call their parents "as soon as possible" and were offered counseling at any residence hall, according to the school Web site.

The Associated Press left messages for university police and police in DeKalb, located about 65 miles west of Chicago.

[Sista08]

This is not cool.

[Southie]

I received phone calls regarding this situation. Its all over the local news!!

[coldfront06]

Sad...this has become too common.

[Southie]

<<just spoke to Sorors and Frat and they are still trying to figure out the details

[Versatile]

*Sends out prayers*

[QUIET As Kept]

hey guys...I'm moving this to the Serious Discussion Section

[Bunny Hop]

this is so sad. you should not have to go to school and fear that this stuff will happen. there was a shooting at UTK a few weeks ago.

I heard after the first few shots the students dropped to the ground. that's kind of good to hear. I just really feel for college kids in these situations.

[Champs Elysees]

This is scary. I'm going to an HBCU where it's safe!

[kingdelta]

It's safe....so far!

[QUIET As Kept]

weeeeeeell.....not so much...there were those bomb threats we had back in the day

ladyl said:

I'm going to an HBCU where it's safe!

[Champs Elysees]

[Bunny Hop]

ladyl said:

This is scary. I'm going to an HBCU where it's safe!

Girl not any safer, lol. In my first year at Fisk there was a car jacking where someone was shooting and then the guys wrecked the car, we saw a drug bust, and a guy got robbed in his dorm room.

At TSU someone local teenagers shot the chinese food delivery man outside of a girls dorm, there have been lots of stolen and broken into cars, someone threw an egg at my car during finals (azzholes ), and a guy got robbed in his dorm room.

[Bunny Hop]

I didn't know there was shooting at Louisiana Tech too


Three Dead After Shooting at Louisiana Technical College
February 08, 2008 01:09 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link


A woman shot and killed two female students and then herself in classroom at Louisiana Technical College, a vocational school in Baton Rouge, the Associated Press reports. Around 20 students were in the second-floor room during the shooting, which occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday.

"About 8:36 a.m., we began receiving multiple phone calls from inside Louisiana Technical College...multiple calls from cellphones, saying shots were being fired, people had been shot."

Police were there within four minutes and ran into the building. "There was mass pandemonium, people running. One officer—the first into the classroom—told me he could still smell gunpowder."

Students were instructed to stay in their classrooms for about two hours before being released, one student said.

There are no details on the women’s names or ages or what course was being taught at the time.

The school has provided on-site counselors and cancelled class for the remainder of the day.

[Bunny Hop]

Girlfriend speaks out

www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/17/shooter.girlfriend/?iref=mpstoryview