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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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hope any s2ki'ers over there are out of harm's way

http://www.niu.edu/alert/campus_alert.shtml
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Is Jill out of harm's way?
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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yeah. she doesn't work at the college but she drove past it shortly before the shooting.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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WTF is up with people these days....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/14/universit...ting/index.html
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:50 PM
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Yikes. It looks like a bad one too.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-niu-gunm...,0,373583.story
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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I hope that the no fatailities statement other than the gunman remains that way.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tcho82,Feb 14 2008, 05:47 PM
WTF is up with people these days....
that's a good question.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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I don't get it. It hasn't even been a year since Va. Tech's shootings
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 02:43 PM
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My heart and prayers go out to all those involved. It just doesn't make sense that incidents such as this keep happening.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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the sumbitch hit 18 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NIU officials have provided the following information about the victims of the shooting:

18 victims were transported to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb:

Eight victims are in stable condition
Six victims are in good condition
Four victims are in critical condition and two of those victims were transported to regional hospitals
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