Another School Shooting

oph · Post by **oph** » February 14, 2008 6:27 pm

Gunman opens fire at N. Illinois U. hall

DEKALB, Ill. - A gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 15 people before he was killed, authorities said. DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler told the student newspaper the Northern Star that the gunman was dead. It was not immediately clear how he died.

more details: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_ ... u_shooting

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » February 14, 2008 7:17 pm

Carolinadreamin' · Post by **Carolinadreamin'** » February 14, 2008 7:34 pm

I could just puke......

It was just on the news... four students had been shot in the head.....

Post by **SMLCHNG** » February 14, 2008 7:37 pm

Thoughts and prayers to the Huskies and their families.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » February 14, 2008 7:39 pm

This is so sad...What is wrong with these people????

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 14, 2008 7:52 pm

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » February 14, 2008 7:53 pm

I just don't get it.

pojo · Post by **pojo** » February 14, 2008 10:32 pm

what is going on in this world... geez!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » February 14, 2008 10:33 pm

thoughts and prayers to everyone involved and their familes!

pbans · Post by **pbans** » February 14, 2008 10:52 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:I just don't get it.

pretty much what keeps going through my mind.....WTF is WRONG with people.....

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » February 14, 2008 11:10 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:I just don't get it.

me either.....

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » February 15, 2008 12:13 am

I will say this though, if the news didn't make such a big deal out of the gunman, we wouldn't be getting all of these "copycats"

Phin power and prayers to all those involved...

ejr · Post by **ejr** » February 15, 2008 7:05 am

Word this morning that a sixth student has died.

bubba phan · Post by **bubba phan** » February 15, 2008 7:57 am

I lived in DeKalb for 22 years, was a police officer for the City for 8 years, my daughter is living there now and will begin graduate school at NIU in the fall, my sister still lives in DeKalb and her husband and son both work at NIU. Thank God my loved ones are safe! I was just in DeKalb two weeks ago. It's very difficult to believe this has happened. Just like you always hear......this crap seems to happen in the least likely places you can imagine. This incident hits horribly close to home for me.

magnus & Mr Moon · Post by **magnus & Mr Moon** » February 15, 2008 7:59 am

bubba phan wrote:I lived in DeKalb for 22 years, was a police officer for the City for 8 years, my daughter is living there now and will begin graduate school at NIU in the fall, my sister still lives in DeKalb and her husband and son both work at NIU. Thank God my loved ones are safe! I was just in DeKalb two weeks ago. It's very difficult to believe this has happened. Just like you always hear......this crap seems to happen in the least likely places you can imagine. This incident hits horribly close to home for me.

((((((((((((((((((((((((((BUBBA and phamily)))))))))))))))))))))))))

I thought of you when I heard this yesterday and glad to all is safe with your family. My heart goes out to the families who are grieving today.

dnw · Post by **dnw** » February 15, 2008 9:35 am

Such a terrible loss of lives.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » February 15, 2008 9:42 am

ejr wrote:Word this morning that a sixth student has died.

Seven................

((((Bubba Phan))))
It is hard when it hits close to home........

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » February 15, 2008 9:54 am

It's a scary world we're living in... my thoughts and prayers to the victims, families, and friends, as well as the NIU community.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » February 15, 2008 10:09 am

bubba phan wrote:I lived in DeKalb for 22 years, was a police officer for the City for 8 years, my daughter is living there now and will begin graduate school at NIU in the fall, my sister still lives in DeKalb and her husband and son both work at NIU. Thank God my loved ones are safe! I was just in DeKalb two weeks ago. It's very difficult to believe this has happened. Just like you always hear......this crap seems to happen in the least likely places you can imagine. This incident hits horribly close to home for me.

(((((((((Loren))))))))))

I just found out my niece attends NIU.... she is fine, thank goodness.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » February 15, 2008 10:51 am

My sister and my 6 nieces and nephews live in Orland Hills. Two of her children attend Eastern Ill U. She just told me that her one son wants to transfer to NIU. She sent a letter to their admissions dept. at 2:30 yesterday. They were supposed to go visit this weekend. Scary stuff. Just always tell your loved ones you love them and appreciate time with them. There are terrible people in this world and things like this are so random you never know. My sister said on local news the police captain who was first on the scene was being treated badly by families and others around him and he responded (paraphrased), how can you possibly be prepared for an event like this. We did everything properly and the best we could and as quickly as we could. Wow, just so sad. Prayers said for these families. There are so many things you think could happen to your kids when you send them away to college and you give them so many warnings. This just isn't one of them. My college has established an emergency text messaging system. They'd like everybody to register for so in the event of something like this they can contact everybody at once.