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NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

Honor student's behavior 'somewhat erratic' before shooting

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 15, 2008 10:38 AM CST

(Newser) – The gunman who killed five and wounded 15 in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall yesterday was identified this morning as Steven Kazmierczak, an ex-NIU grad student who had won top sociology department honors, the Chicago Tribune reports. "There were no red flags,"...   Read full story »

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