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  • July 2008

    • Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 10, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

      (Newser) - The shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in high school in suburban Chicago. More »

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      suicide  • school shooting  • gunman  • Northern Illinois University  • bipolar disorder  • Steven Kazmierczak  • shooters  • prescription pills  • OCD

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  • February 2008

    • Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 25, 08 9:15 AM CST

      Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

      (Newser) - As Northern Illinois University resumes classes today, the prevailing feeling is uncertainty. One professor will leave it up to her class whether to stick to the syllabus or talk about the Valentine's Day shooting that left five students dead. Others question whether the semester's grading standards should change and wonder what will become of the scene of the tragedy, reports the Chicago Tribune. More »

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      school shooting  • professor  • Northern Illinois University  • Steven Kazmierczak  • campus shooting

    • Police Can't Find Motive in NIU Shooting

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 20, 08 8:53 AM CST

      Police Can't Find Motive in NIU Shooting

      (Newser) - The student who killed five at Northern Illinois University last week took pains to stump investigators ahead of time, police say. Steven Kazmierczak pulled his computer’s hard drive and his phone’s SIM card; he also revealed little in a package to his former girlfriend. "The one thing I want to know is motive," NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said today. But he couldn't "even begin to assume a motive yet." More »

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      Northern Illinois University  • Steven Kazmierczak  • campus shooting  • Jessica Baty  • motive

    • Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter

      CNN  |  Feb 18, 08 6:48 AM CST

      Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter

      (Newser) - The girlfriend of the gunman who murdered five students at Northern Illinois University Thursday talked to him every day last week, including the night before the shooting spree, and detected nothing amiss. "He wasn't erratic. He wasn't delusional. He was Steve; he was normal," Jessica Baty, 28, told CNN. Steven Kazmierczak, who killed himself after the carnage, sent her parting gifts and a love letter that read: "You've done so much for me, and I truly do love you. Don't forget about me!" More »

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      antidepressant  • Northern Illinois University  • handgun  • Steven Kazmierczak  • murder suicide  • criminal justice  • campus shooting  • Disney World  • Jessica Baty

    • NIU Shooter Delved Into Satanism

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Feb 17, 08 4:55 AM CST

      NIU Shooter Delved Into Satanism

      (Newser) - The shooter in the NIU carnage that left five students dead last week began to exhibit troubling signs of mental illness as a high school student as he explored satanism and white-power movements, reports AP.  Steven Kazmierczak "started to identify more with hatred-type stuff," said a friend. His behavioral problems became so severe that he required mood-stabilizing drugs, and landed for a year in a psychiatric treatment center where he cut himself and resisted taking medication. More »

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      school shooting  • Northern Illinois University  • Steven Kazmierczak  • campus violence

    • Police Piece Together Shooter's Trail

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 16, 08 10:43 AM CST

      Police Piece Together Shooter's Trail

      (Newser) - Before his shooting rampage at NIU, Steven Kazmierczak spent two days in a motel, taking cold medicine and drinking Red Bull, the Chicago Tribune reports. He left behind no note, only a sealed duffel bag filled with gun ammo. Kazmierczak, who had stopped taking medication for anxiety, also sent his ex-girlfriend packages loaded with gun accessories. He instructed her not to open them until Valentine’s Day. More »

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      school shooting  • Illinois  • gun  • Northern Illinois University  • Steven Kazmierczak  • sociology  • criminal justice  • scholar  • University of Illinois  • psychiatric treatment center  • DeKalb

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