Shooting on the NIU Campus in DeKalb
Northern Illinois University – Valentine’s massacre … 22 injured or killed !!!
NIU can confirm six fatalities, including the gunman. Four of the dead were female and two, including the gunman, were male. In total, there were 22 injured or killed.
NIU can confirm that the shooter was an NIU graduate student in sociology in the Spring of 2007 but was not currently enrolled.
At a press conference held on NIU’s campus Thursday evening, NIU President John Peters said, “Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. We thank the community for the outpouring of sympathy during this terrible time of tragedy.”
Peters urged students to remain calm and seek counseling. “We’ve asked them to reach out to each other during this difficult time, and they’ve done that, and I’m proud of them.”
The NIU Department of Public Safety is asking that any individuals who witnessed the Feb. 14 shooting, or who believe they have any information related to the shooting, call the University Tip Line at (815) 753-TIPS. Police will return calls as soon as possible.
The FBI is processing the crime scene and the investigation is being aided by the Illinois State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, the State Crisis Management Team, the City of DeKalb Police, City of Sycamore Police, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, the Ben Gordon Center and the DeKalb, Sycamore and Cortland Fire Departments, as well as FEMA. (source: niu)
Video Desc: 6 Dead and 14 Wounded at North Illinois University Hal - 4 Shot to Death and 14 Injured at Northern Illinois University Hall Massacre - DEKALB, Ill. - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 18 people, four dead, before he killed himself, the school's president said. On Feb. 8, a woman shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge
Info: DeKalb Police say a gunman who opened fired at Northern Illinois University is dead. Authorities say the gunman started shooting in a lecture hall on Thursday, injuring as many as 15 people as students frantically scrambled over desks for cover.
Info: Illinois University Massacre - 18 People Shot - Gunman Dead. A gunman armed with two handguns and a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a packed lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University before killing himself, authorities said. Eighteen people were wounded, three of them critically. University Police Chief Donald Grady said police had identified the gunman, who he said was not a student at NIU but may have been a student at another school.
Info: 6 Dead and 14 Wounded at North Illinois University Hal - 4 Shot to Death and 14 Injured at Northern Illinois University Hall Massacre - DEKALB, Ill. - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 18 people, four dead, before he killed himself, the school's president said. On Feb. 8, a woman shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge
