NIU Shooting Leaves 6 Dead and Many Wounded
Chris McCluster
Issue date: 2/1/08 Section: News
DeKalb, Ill- Northern Illinois University (NIU) was victim of a tragic shooting Thursday afternoon by alumni Steven Kazmierczak.
Kazmierczak, 27, began opening fire in Cole Hall where graduate student Joseph Peterson was teaching a class. Six people were killed, including Kazmierczak, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sixteen people were wounded.
Kazmierczak emerged from behind a curtain in the lecture hall dressed in all black, and began shooting with a shotgun, and later three handguns.
The six confirmed deaths are Daniel Parmenter, 20, Catalina Garcia,20, Julianna Gehand,32, Ryanne Mace,19, and Gale Dubowski,20.
More information will be posted as made available
Kazmierczak, 27, began opening fire in Cole Hall where graduate student Joseph Peterson was teaching a class. Six people were killed, including Kazmierczak, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sixteen people were wounded.
Kazmierczak emerged from behind a curtain in the lecture hall dressed in all black, and began shooting with a shotgun, and later three handguns.
The six confirmed deaths are Daniel Parmenter, 20, Catalina Garcia,20, Julianna Gehand,32, Ryanne Mace,19, and Gale Dubowski,20.
More information will be posted as made available
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