Shooting at Northern Illinois University

[jon1856]

Gunman's Friendly Exterior Masked Past


By ASHLEY M. HEHER and CARYN ROUSSEAU,
AP
Posted: 2008-02-16 06:58:46
Filed Under: Nation News
DEKALB, Ill. (Feb. 16) - Steven Kazmierczak's quiet, dependable and fun-loving exterior masked troubling details from his past that emerged as a stunned community struggled to understand what caused the 27-year-old to open fire on a class at Northern Illinois University, leaving six people dead.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gunmans...14171009990001

How the NIU Massacre Happened

The first thing Lhee Santos remembers of the worst afternoon of his life was the tall, thin man kicking open the door on the lecture hall's right side. It was 3:06 p.m. and the intruder walked onto the stage, startling the professor, Joseph Peterson. The unannounced visitor bore several weapons, including a 12-gauge shotgun, a 9-mm glock pistol and two other pistols. He wore jeans and a t-shirt and carried a guitar case. The 150 or so students in the introductory geology class thought it was all just a joke. That is, until the gunfire started. The first body down was the professor's.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...eed-cnn-topics

[KDAngel]

Dan Parmenter was the Pi Kappa Alpha that was killed. He's closely connected to my best friend, so it's so crazy to feel so connected to this.

He dated Lauren Debrauwere (the Sigma Kappa who was shot and is in critical, but stable condition). She was sitting right next to him when he was killed. I can't even imagine that... I'm just happy she's alive.

The names of everyone's out there now, I don't feel bad posting. I think if anything it'd be good to pray for Lauren to get well and to be able to cope with this horrible tragedy.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by KDAngel

Dan Parmenter was the Pi Kappa Alpha that was killed. He's closely connected to my best friend, so it's so crazy to feel so connected to this.

He dated Lauren Debrauwere (the Sigma Kappa who was shot and is in critical, but stable condition). She was sitting right next to him when he was killed. I can't even imagine that... I'm just happy she's alive.

The names of everyone's out there now, I don't feel bad posting. I think if anything it'd be good to pray for Lauren to get well and to be able to cope with this horrible tragedy.

I can understand you feelings and perhaps others here can as well.
I too have had a few (too many) close ties to some events in the past.
"Crazy" is only one term you can use.

I think I can say the just about most of the US and parts of the World have everyone who was involved in their thoughts, minds and hearts.

[barbino]

Knowing that there would be a thread on the shooting at NIU on GC, I deliberately gave myself a few days to deal with my emotions before posting. It seems that the older I get, the more emotional I become, and episodes like this can bring it out in all of us. Yes, I know several NIU alums. I could have gone there myself. It's all over the news in Chicago, and every news brief has an update on the story.

The shooting was senseless and tragic - like many others, I am left asking, "Why?" The last news update said that there was no suicide note left by the shooter, and because of this, we may never know what caused him to do this. Right now, I am sadly pondering this last bit of information.