Breaking: Gunman Opens Fire Inside a Northern Illinois University Lecture Hall

6:03 pm on February 14th, 2008 by Kelly Sutton

Earlier today, an unidentified gunman opened fired inside a lecture hall, injuring as many as 16 and killing as many as four before killing himself. Northern Illinois University reports there is no longer a threat. Their emergency system reported the incident within 15 minutes, according to the Washington Post. Our hearts are with NIU.

Gunman Opens Fire at Northern Illinois University [Washington Post]

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Kellie

on February 14, 2008 @ 11:49 pm

That is my school. I had just gotten off the bus to go to my apartment when it happened. My boyfriend called me saying there were shots fired and people were crying,panicking,and confused.Cops showed up to the scene in matter of minutes but the gunman was already dead by then. I have a math class in that exact same room on M/W/F and its surreal to think I was sitting there in that room yesterday learning about useless math. This world has turned into a sad sad place and I never thought something like this would happen to my campus…but I guess no one does. Please pray for the Huskies and the Huskies that were lost. Valentine’s Day will now be a somber day in NIU history. We are all Huskies!
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