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Old 14th February 2008, 07:56 PM   #1
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Five dead in US college shooting



The local hospital says victims are on their way for treatment

A gunman has opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States, killing four people before turning the gun on himself, police say.

The shooting took place at Northern Illinois University, in De Kalb, 65 miles (100km) west of Chicago.

Students described the chaos as a white male armed with a handgun and a shotgun opened fire in a lecture theatre.

Earlier reports said at least 17 people were injured and that several were being treated for serious head wounds.

At a news conference, police said they had recovered a shotgun and handgun and were searching for a third small firearm.

Police said the gunman appeared to be operating alone and it was not yet clear how many rounds of ammunition had been fired.

The shooting comes 10 months after 32 students and staff were shot by a student at Virginia Tech University in one of the worst shootings ever at a US school.

Some girl got hit in the eye, a guy got hit in the leg


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It is also the fourth shooting at a US
education establishment within a week.


Last Friday, a woman shot dead two fellow students before killing herself at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tennessee, a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding a student on Monday, and a 15-year-old was shot at a junior high school in California on Tuesday.

On Thursday, Kishwaukee Community Hospital said 17 patients had arrived for treatment. Three were in a critical condition, one of whom has been flown to a bigger hospital in Rockford.

Eight are in a stable condition, six in a good condition and there are no reported fatalities, the hospital said on its website.

"We don't expect to transfer any further patients," it added.
The shooting took place in Cole Hall near the King Commons, a central gathering place for the 25,000 students on campus.

Terrifying

A student named John told local radio station WBBM that the gunman entered a lecture theatre and began firing a shotgun on the more than 100 students inside.



"He pointed it into the middle of the class... then he went for the teacher," John said.

George Gaynor, a senior geography student, told the student newspaper that the gunman was "a skinny white guy with a stocking cap on".

He described the scene immediately following the incident as terrifying and chaotic.

"Some girl got hit in the eye, a guy got hit in the leg," he said.

Online alert

The university's website first issued alerts, warning of the possibility of a gunman on campus.

"Get to a safe area and take precautions until given the all clear," it warned students.

The site then carried updates confirming the shooting and telling students to stay away or stay in doors. It then said the gunman was "no longer a threat".

Emergency hotlines and counselling are being offered for students and parents.

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Old 15th February 2008, 05:58 AM   #2
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it is terrible..the evil that people do to each other...but with the world get more and more crowded , I don't look for it to improve anytime soon

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it is terrible..the evil that people do to each other...but with the world get more and more crowded , I don't look for it to improve anytime soon
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7 dead now.

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Stuff like this really irks me... I feel bad for everyone there =(

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Stuff like this really irks me... I feel bad for everyone there =(
Same here Carpathia, its very sad

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