Gunman opens fire at US college
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Thursday, 14 February 2008, 22:24 GMT
Gunman opens fire at US college
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7246003.stm
A gunman is reported to have opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States.
The local television station, CLTV, said 18 people were shot at Northern Illinois University, in De Kalb, 65 miles (100 km) west of Chicago.
Students who called in to local radio stations reported seeing a white male with a pistol and a shotgun.
Emergency services are at the scene and several people have been taken to hospital with head wounds.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital said on its website up to 15 victims were arriving for treatment, including three to four with head wounds.
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.
The latest posting says: "Campus police report that the scene is secure. Only essential personnel should remain on campus."
Emergency hotlines and counselling are being offered for students and parents.
This crazy shit continues!
Gunman opens fire at US college
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7246003.stm
A gunman is reported to have opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States.
The local television station, CLTV, said 18 people were shot at Northern Illinois University, in De Kalb, 65 miles (100 km) west of Chicago.
Students who called in to local radio stations reported seeing a white male with a pistol and a shotgun.
Emergency services are at the scene and several people have been taken to hospital with head wounds.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital said on its website up to 15 victims were arriving for treatment, including three to four with head wounds.
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.
The latest posting says: "Campus police report that the scene is secure. Only essential personnel should remain on campus."
Emergency hotlines and counselling are being offered for students and parents.
This crazy shit continues!
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how can you possibly make a stupid fucking joke about this? as of right now 18 people were shot. fuck off
so what? about 30 people died in Iraq in the last day or so... and yet some fucktit will still make stupid "go team america" jokes wont they!
how many more times do you need to be advised about getting some fucking gun control in that country of yours.. in the last sumptious gun drama thread that was on here i gave up any sympathy as most of the right wingers on here want their guns and want to be able to shoot at their military if that need should ever arise... fucking hilarious notion at best
i have sympathy with the true victims of this crime.. but not with the nation as a whole... its the US's own fault.
so argue away.. i dont give a fuck
very classy of you to joke about innocent college students dying. fuck off
while i agree with your gun control statement...i go to NIU. i was on campus when it happened. this is the most fucked up thing i have ever experienced. i really don't know what to say right now...
whoa glad your ok this does blow wtf we def need better gun laws this is way out of control ....
its becoming an almost daily occurence... yet you continually abuse me on here... maybe go out and try and change the gun culture of the US.. and i've already said my sympathies are with the victims... how many more times do you want me to say it?
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
It's absolutely horrible what happened today. I'm sorry. this hits especially closer to you. please ignore the complete pricks on here who will turn this into a political american issue. my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims.
All the best to the victims, last I read there were no fatalities so let's hope everyone keeps getting better in hospital.
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should there not be metal detectors everywhere in a place where a gun is so easily obtained?
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"Some girl got hit in the eye, a guy got hit in the leg," he said.
My heart and thoughts go out the the victims and everyone affected.
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Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
My husband goes to school here and overslept today and didn't go to class. Makes me real weirded out being in this town right now...
Sadly, you can't be safe anywhere anymore.
I guess the guy didn't even go to this school.
They're saying give dead now.
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Death is death. It's like making light of me coming here and posting that my grandma died, and then saying, so what, old people die everyday. NIU hits a little home for me. I have many best friends who went there, and I used to visit it frequently in college.
How many more times??......
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I don't think that he was making light of anything. These shootings are so commonplace these days and nothing is ever even attempted to curb the access to guns that anybody who is not directly affected by the shooting becomes jaded by the whole thing. I remember feeling all pissed off over Columbine and hearing about it affected me immensely. When I heard about this latest shooting, I didn't even pause on my way through the channels on my way to the next Simpons rerun. I was much more disturbed by Richard Zednik having his carotid artery slashed by a hockey skate the other night. Isn't that fucking crazy?
thanks much. its good to have the pj community, and especially the music, at shitty times such as this. music can be a good healer...
NewJPage - We wish you well. That must be such a fucked up thing to go through.
Well, like it or not it is (or atleast should be). But I guess attempting to DISCUSS why this occurs is inappropriate according to you.
I think not, more like a chemically imbalanced individual with psychological problems.
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Gun control does not stop crime, it increases it. Ask Australia, where all guns are banned and crime has increased by 200%.
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perhaps you havent seen the statistics for the rest of the civilized world with strict gun laws... they have virtually no issues with firearm violence
do you do ANY research or actually talk about hings you know something about? no offense but most of the shot you post is 100% horse shit
Yeah well I live in Oz and this sounds like bullshit. I also know that we dont have metal detectors and bag inspections at our high schools.