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School Shootings

From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Cleveland's SuccessTech Academy, a school shooting many dominate the headlines for a few weeks, but the lingering question of "why" lasts much longer

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February 2008
- Utah's Well-Armed Students
  
  CNN | Feb 21, 08 2:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - While many states have responded to recent college shootings by debating whether firearms should be allowed on campus, Utah is the only one with such a law on the books—and students at its public universities are taking advantage, CNN reports. Predictably, while some students say they feel safer with their guns on hand, others say it makes classrooms even scarier. More »
- Police Can't Find Motive in NIU Shooting
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 20, 08 8:53 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter
  
  CNN | Feb 18, 08 6:48 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- NIU Shooter Delved Into Satanism
  
  Chicago Sun-Times | Feb 17, 08 4:55 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- NIU Shooting Victims Profiled
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 16, 08 2:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - An Army Corps of Engineers vet who wanted to be a first grade teacher. A violinist who knit for fun. A rugby player and frat man who worked for the student newspaper. The Chicago Tribune profiles the five students gunned down in their oceanography class Thursday at North Illinois University, while police are still searching for the killer's motive. All of the victims—four of them women—had Illinois hometowns. More »
- Police Piece Together Shooter's Trail
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 16, 08 10:43 AM CST
  
  (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 »
- Same Gun Dealer Supplied NIU and Va. Tech Killers
  
  Associated Press | Feb 16, 08 5:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - An online gun dealer who helped arm the Virginia Tech shooter also sold accessories to the killer in Thursday's Northern Illinois University rampage, the AP reports. "I'm still blown away by the coincidences," said Eric Thompson, whose company, TGSCOM, is based in Green Bay. He called a federal agency yesterday when he realized he had sold two magazines and a holster to Illinois shooter Stephen Kazmierczak. More »
- Gunman Was Known as 'Gentle, Even,' 'Best in Class'
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 15, 08 5:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Northern Illinois University profs and students who knew Stephen Kazmierczak said today they were stunned by his transformation into a killer: “I knew him as a warm, sensitive, very bright student,” one professor said in disbelief. "I have had him in my home." A mentor told the Chicago Tribune , "He was the most gentle, even guy." A fellow student said he was "probably the best student in the class." More »
- States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses
  
  USA Today | Feb 15, 08 5:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Twelve states are considering bills that would allow people to carry guns at public universities, USA Today reports, a response to last year's Virginia Tech massacre. "The only way to stop a person with a gun is another person with a gun," says a University of Cincinnati sophomore who has a license but is barred from having a weapon on campus. More »
- Web Connects Mourning NIU Students
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 15, 08 1:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - With cellphone lines on much of the campus jammed, Northern Illinois University students turned to the Internet to let friends and loved ones know they had survived yesterday’s shooting and to console each other, the Chicago Tribune reports. Most logged on to Facebook, where 10,000 joined a prayer group, while others updated status messages to proclaim themselves unharmed. More »
- 6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 15, 08 5:29 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A sixth victim of the gunman who opened fire in an Illinois college classroom yesterday has died and at least four more remain in critical condition. The assailant, a former grad student at Northern Illinois University, entered through a door to the right of the lecture stage and silently started shooting. He fired a shotgun at the more than 100 students in Geology 104, then shot and wounded the instructor with a handgun, and then shot himself. More »
- College Shooter Kills 5, Self
  
  Chicago Tribune | Feb 14, 08 6:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A gunman opened fire in a packed lecture hall at Northern Illinois University today, killing five students before fatally shooting himself, the Chicago Tribune reports. Another 16 people were wounded. Witnesses say the gunman, clad in black, entered the lecture hall without speaking and opened fire. He had a shotgun and two handguns. Police identified him only as a former grad student with no apparent criminal history. More »
- Nursing Student Kills 2, Turns Gun on Self
  
  Associated Press | Feb 8, 08 2:47 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A student shot and killed two other students and herself this morning at the Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, CNN reports. Police arrived within minutes, only to find all three already dead amidst widespread chaos. “There was mass pandemonium, people running,” a sergeant said. “One officer told me he could still smell gunpowder.” More »
January 2008
- Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 26, 08 3:18 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The crime shook Arkansas: Two boys, 11 and 13, killed four classmates and a teacher in 1998 in what became known as the Jonesboro shootings. Within days, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee had a $25,000 book deal about youth violence. A decade later, the deal still rankles some who say the governor cashed in on tragedy, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
December 2007
- College Suicide Prevention Trumps Privacy
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 28, 07 12:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After the Virginia Tech massacre highlighted the issue of student safety, more colleges began risking legal action by telling parents when their kids suffer from mental health problems, the Wall Street Journal reports. Cornell University, battling a reputation for stressed-out students, is now training staff to seek out and report signs of anxiety. The approach skirts a student privacy law on a technicality. More »
- 6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving Las Vegas School Bus
  
  Associated Press | Dec 11, 07 7:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Gunfire hit six people as they stepped off a Las Vegas school bus around 2pm today, the AP reports. One adult male was hurt critically and one teenage male seriously after both were shot in the torso, a hospital spokeswoman said. Four others received minor gun shot wounds, and one has been released. Police suspect at least two gunmen in the shooting. More »