Northern Illinois University shooting
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The Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting on February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Steven Kazmierczak opened fire with a shotgun and three pistols in a crowd of students on campus. He killed five students and injuring an additional 17 people, before shooting himself.
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2008 Northern Illinois University shooting | |
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Part of mass shootings in the United States and school shootings in the United States | |
Location | DeKalb, Illinois, U.S. |
Date | February 14, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-02-14) c. 3:05 ā 3:11 p.m. (CST) |
Attack type | School shooting, murder-suicide |
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Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 21 (17 by gunfire) |
Perpetrator | Steven Kazmierczak |
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The school placed the campus on lockdown; students and teachers were told to go to a safe place, take cover, and avoid the scene and all buildings near the scene of the shootings.[3] Six people died in the incident, including the shooter, tying it with the University of Iowa shooting as the fifth-deadliest university shooting in United States history.[4]