Multiple People Shot at Northern Illinois University

Posted on February 14, 2008

What we do know as of this moment:

The shooter turned the gun on himself. he has been IDâ€™d but unidentified. The gunman was not a student on campus.

The shootings happened in Cole hall. The gunman entered an Intro to Ocean Sciences class. Eyewitnesses are reporting that he emerged from behind the screen on stage and just started shooting.

George Gainer, a 23 year old student in the classroom at the time appeared on ABC 7 News in Chicago and said the shooter entered through a service door and just started shooting without saying a word. Gainer described the shooter as a skinny white guy wearing jeans and a gray teeshirt which is a bit different than other descriptions I had heard. He said the shooter had a white knit cap without a ski mask as had been reported by others.
18 People are confirmed injured by bullet wounds.

Sad and shocking news coming from Illinois! Please pray for the families involved. Hot Air is calling it VTech Redux.

Kish Hospital has a tally of seventeen patients from the incident so far.

Witnesses report it was a white man wearing all black. That sounds cliche to a Columbine groupie loser seeking negative attention.

CBS:

Several people have been shot on the Northern Illinois University campus. The suspect killed himself and officials say the danger has passed.

Officials confirmed that several people were shot at Cole Hall, a large lecture hall on campus, shortly after 3 p.m. and the campus was immediately placed on lockdown.

A spokeswoman for Kishwaukee Hospital reported that 17 people were being treated at the hospital. Three of those victims were critically injured, two with head wounds, one with a chest wound.

Another eight victims were in serious condition with various injuries. The other injuries were not considered life-threatening, she said. The most seriously injured patients would likely be transferred to other area hospitals.

Student journalists at the school’s Northern Television Center reported that there were two fatalities, including the gunman.

Lt. Gary Spangler of the DeKalb Police Department told the school newspaper, the Northern Star, that “The gunman is deceased,” adding that the “majority of the incident happened in Cole Hall.”

Officials said the immediate danger has passed.

Creepy details:

The man entered the room from the back, behind the professor, and began shooting without saying a word, Sundstrom said, firing in the general direction of the students. He emptied his clip of ammunition and calmly reloaded before resuming firing.

I’m not sure if there is a Valentine connection, but it sure gives another reason to hug your children.

Jammie Wearing Fool has a good roundup on this.

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3 Responses to “Multiple People Shot at Northern Illinois University”

Two Dogs on February 14th, 2008 6:58 pm

A campus shooting doesn’t really have much of a tie to Islamic terrorism, but it was three years ago today that Muslims blew up three different cities in the Phillipines. It wouldn’t surprise me if it were Muslim related.
golden phoenix on February 15th, 2008 12:57 am

o muc for GUN FREE SCHOOL ZONES they are a disaster and should be repealed
Two Dogs on February 15th, 2008 2:22 am

Utterly tasteless Bob, go back to your Lefty blogs.