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| Six dead in US campus firing |
| Another incident of campus shooting has occurred in US, this time its in Northern Illinois University.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 15-February-2008
9:17:30 AM |
| Another incident of campus shooting has occurred in US, this time its in Northern Illinois University.
Five persons were killed and 16 others injured when a heavily armed former student opened indiscriminate fire, before turning the gun towards himself, in the lecture hall of the University on Valentine's Day.
The tall white skinny assailant, dressed in black shirt, hat and dark pants, came out from behind a curtain on the stage of the lecture hall and fired over 20 shots at the students in the geology class, eyewitnesses and officials said.
The gunman, whom the authorities did not immediately identify, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, John G. Peters, the president of Northern Illinois University, told reporters.
The gunman's body was found on the stage of the lecture hall along with three weapons. The weapons were two handguns and one shotgun, with ammunition still left in both handguns.
''Gun magazines were found all over the floor,'' said NIU police chief Donald Grady.
''This thing started and ended within a matter of seconds,'' he said, adding there was no apparent motive ascertained as of now.
Four of the dead were women. Peters said four, including the assailant, died at the scene and the other two died at the hospital, adding all the victims were students.
Shots rang out shortly after 3 PM Central Time inside Cole Hall of the 113-year-old university where 25,000 students, including, 862 foreigners, are enrolled.
''He just kicked the door open and began shooting,'' said Kevin McEnery, who was in the class at the time.
''All I really heard was just people screaming, yelling 'get out.'... Close to 30 shots were fired.''
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