Illinois University shooting

sparky_kat · Post by **sparky_kat** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:46 pm

yet ANOTHER school shooting....

This is the first part of the article.... the entire article is [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23171567?GT1=10856"]here[/url]

NBC News and MSNBC
updated 3 minutes ago
DEKALB, Ill. - A man armed with two handguns and a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a packed lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University, killing up to four people and wounding at least 17 others before killing himself, authorities said.

A spokeswoman for Kishiwaukee Community Hospital told NBC News that one person besides the gunman was confirmed to have died. She said six other victims were in critical condition.

The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times reported that university police Chief Don Grady confirmed there were five fatalities, including the gunman.

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.

Grady would not name the gunman, who shot and killed himself on the stage in Cole Hall, which doubles as an auditorium.

Grady said police knew of no motive for the shooting, which occurred about 4 p.m. ET at the campus in DeKalb, a city of 40,000 nestled in a rural area about 65 miles west of downtown Chicago. Its enrollment is more than 25,000.

Paul Sundstrom of Rockford, Ill., one of 150 to 200 students in the geography class when the shooting took place, told NBC affiliate WMAQ that the gunman was a thin white man wearing a black “beanie” and a black trench coat.

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.

“He just walked in and just started shooting at people randomly,” Sundstrom said. “I crawled out to the main aisle, then just got up and ran and turned around and saw him shooting.”

Sundstrom added: “I just don’t know why anybody would want to do anything like this.”

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Why does it seem like school and other public shootings are all i see anymore on the news?

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:52 pm

sparky_kat wrote:Why does it seem like school and other public shootings are all i see anymore on the news?

You forgot suicide bombings. Back on topic, it seems that all the preventive measures being taken by US authorities are having a minimal, if indeed any effect at all. This is really making me think twice about furthering my studies in the US. Would a divert to Canada or Australia be better?

sparky_kat · Post by **sparky_kat** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:32 pm

the death toll has now reached 6 people, and 16 others injured.

here is the updated link have been reading [url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23171567?GT1=10856"]shooting[/url] just the beginning part has the newer info, the rest is pretty much the same as the other article i posted.

edit:well, both links bring up same page, but the link info is different from what i copied and pasted on the screen on the first post.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:43 am

Another shooting within less than a year? This is worrying indeed. Condolences to those who were killed.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:21 am

Another one, huh?

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:This is really making me think twice about furthering my studies in the US. Would a divert to Canada or Australia be better?

Oz is noticeably cheaper too.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:31 am

This is an interesting and provocative view of the relative coverage given to the shooting and to other new stories.

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:26 pm

Ode to a Grasshopper wrote:Oz is noticeably cheaper too.

I know. In fact I even have a relative around the Melbourne area. Decisions, decisions...

Kree · Post by **Kree** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:39 am

The clincher is that some states are considering allowing kids to bring guns to school in order to protect themselves...

Apparently, the best way to prevent shootings now is the loosen security, rather than tighten it

Australia wouldn't necessarily be cheaper though. Just warning. Not only would you have to pay for board but some Uni's are ridiculous. Of course its up to you. Plus you have to get used to the stifling heat... Been 39 four days in a row now and 1 mm of rain so far this month

Red_X · Post by **Red_X** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:18 pm

A friend of mine goes there, it was her class they shot up. She wasn't in class that day thank god. She decided not to go, she dosent really know why she skipped, she just decided to. It scared the hell out of me when I heard, cant imagine what she must be going through.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:02 am

Kree wrote:Australia wouldn't necessarily be cheaper though. Just warning. Not only would you have to pay for board but some Uni's are ridiculous. Of course its up to you. Plus you have to get used to the stifling heat... Been 39 four days in a row now and 1 mm of rain so far this month

Rent in the cities is quite costly atm, and the fees for interational students can be a bit much (though still not quite as bad as the US IIRC, could well be wrong though). It all depends on what course you're studying, things like medicine are ludicrous but arts and humanities are still quite affordable.
The heat is ridiculous, don't bother bringing sunscreen if it's less than 30+.