Tragedy along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, IL

IL_NIU logo Violence sadly came to Northern Illinois University along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois (pop 43,000) yesterday when a former graduate student entered a lecture hall and opened fire, killing six, wounding 15, and then killing himself. The campus has 25,000 students about 65 miles west of downtown Chicago. The university’s home page has details, and more information is available at the Chicago Tribune here. NIU has scheduled a news conference for 9 am CST on Friday, February 15. A Mass is set for 12 noon at Newman Catholic Student Center, and an Ecumenical Prayer Service will be held at 7:30 pm.

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One Response to “Tragedy along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, IL”

RoadDog Says:
February 16, 2008 at 1:01 pm | Reply
Both my wife and I graduated from Northern Illinois in 1973. We go back quite often for visits.

Very sad times.

If you visit the Illinois Lincoln Highway e-mail group on google, you’ll see some discussion of it, including Kay Shelton’s, who was at the library right across from Cole.

I also found a n interesting NIU blog discussing events.

http://holocaustofawesome.blogspot.com

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