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Gunman shoots 18 people.

Drudgewire said:
Hope there are no fatalities. :(
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From the sounds of it there will probably be quite a few dead, as many of the victims were reported to be shot in the head.

It'll probably take awhile to assess the situation before any numbers are given out.
 
13? I thought the article still said 18.

And the gunman shot himself. I'm pretty sure that's fatal.
 
4 critical, 8 stable, 6 fair to good.

The president just gave a press conference that consisted of every question being answered with "we don't have that information."
 
Mobyseven said:
13? I thought the article still said 18.

And the gunman shot himself. I'm pretty sure that's fatal.
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When I first saw the article, it said 13 shot. I wrote 18 in the title by mistake. Right after I corrected the body of the post to 13, the number had been updated to 17 shot and gun man killed. The news moves fast.

Ranb
 
A person who tells the truth to the press like that is welcome to have a beer with me. They are smart enough (press) to know that most, if not all, questions are unansweable with any real accuracy early on and are just concerned with something to print, read out or editorialize over. Hell with 'em!!
 
fuelair said:
A person who tells the truth to the press like that is welcome to have a beer with me. They are smart enough (press) to know that most, if not all, questions are unansweable with any real accuracy early on and are just concerned with something to print, read out or editorialize over. Hell with 'em!!
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Your post reminded me why I left Journalism in disgust and hate reporters so much, so I am now in total agreement with you and that guy rules.
 
The shooter wasn't even a student at the school. And he used a shotgun, which explains why there were so many shot but relatively few deaths.

Incidentally, I am an alum of NIU and had several classes in that lecture hall. There's actually 2 large, auditorium-style lecture halls in that building and some classes hold 150 students.
 
I took my statistics final in Cole Hall.

Something like this would happen in Dekalb.


Oh and incidentally, in case you forgot or didn't know; there were "death threats" on NIU's campus at the end of last semester, which caused the university to shut down for a day.
 
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Some details I heard on another board I'm on, from a guy whose roommate was in that class.

Apparently, the gunman sat in the class in the middle of the room, and left halfway through. No one thought anything of it since people often leave class early. He then came back in through the back door just before the class ended (one of the doors on either side of the stage where the professor was) by kicking it open. There was a silent pause, then he pulled a shotgun out from behind his back and started shooting. The professor was right next to him, he got shot in the arm.

The shooter wasn't even a student there.

6 dead now is the latest report.
 
CNN is reporting he was at sociology grad student although not currently enrolled.

I'm now wondering what the class was...
 
For the record, that's five real people dead and one scumbag I hope there's a Hell for tonight.
 
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