Published Feb 15, 2008
CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing people before shooting himself to death, authorities said.
NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said four victims had died.
At least 17 gunshot victims were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, according to spokeswoman Theresa Komitis.
At TCU, senior advertising/public relations major Amanda Torres, one of 56 students from Illinois, said she lives just 20 minutes from Dekalb in Wheaton, Ill.