Another College Shooting at Northern Illinois!

cbff · 02-14-2008, 06:05 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/...s/niu_shooting

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DEKALB, Ill. - 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.
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Kishwaukee Community Hospital said on its Web site up to 15 victims were arriving, including three to four with head wounds.

The shooting took place around 3 p.m. in Cole Hall near the King Commons, a central gathering place on the 25,000-student campus, according to the Web site.

DeKalb is located about 65 miles west of Chicago.

Deceptikitty · 02-14-2008, 06:09 PM

Uh-oh. I hope this doesn't end up too bad...

ranoobu · 02-14-2008, 06:11 PM

.. another loser has arisen

hopefully everyone wounded is ok and this wasn't major..

Draven · 02-14-2008, 06:22 PM

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DeKalb Police say a gunman who opened fired at Northern Illinois University is dead.

Good. C*nt.

dark_mullet · 02-14-2008, 06:24 PM

You know, just ONE time, I want to see one of these shooters go on the run. I DON'T want more people to die, but shooters dying at the exact scene of the shooting is too much the norm.

Deceptikitty · 02-14-2008, 06:25 PM

Well, I actually get angry, because most of the time they (the shooters) shoot themselves. That's letting them have their way. It pisses me off. Like dark_mullet said, just once I'd like to see one of them try to get away after pulling a stunt like this.

cbff · 02-14-2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Deceptikitty

Well, I actually get angry, because most of the time they (the shooters) shoot themselves. That's letting them have their way. It pisses me off. Like dark_mullet said, just once I'd like to see one of them try to get away after pulling a stunt like this.

Problem with that though is that all school shooters are suicidal. They don't care if they live or die. So unless one has a last minute revelation that they want to live, I doubt that a shooter running away will ever happen.

pscoop · 02-14-2008, 06:51 PM

Wow, a tragic event, and a new member of my "ignore" list, all at once.

pinoy78 · 02-14-2008, 07:10 PM

This really makes me sad at the lack of campus security across our nation.

I sure hope all those students that were injured make it though.

dark_mullet · 02-14-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pinoy78

This really makes me sad at the lack of campus security across our nation.

Well one does have to consider how often this happens. While there may be a bunch of these in the news, in comparison of how much it DOESN'T happen, it's a VERY rare event.

And really, when someone is so set on dying, and taking out people with them, no amount of security in the world can stop it. THere's virtually an unlimited amount of ways to get past/around/away from security.

If anything, it's thanks to the security at the school that it didn't escalate further, so one has to be thankful for that.