NIU shooting

:o :o

I hope nobody we know got hurt... :(

That is scary.  That isn't where you go is it, Rice?

No, I go to University of Chicago, which is on the South Side...actually not a really safe area either, but nobody has gone off and shot anyone on campus either.

Last reports are that six people are dead, including the gunman. He had two handguns and a shotgun.

:-\\

What a truly sheeshty thing to do, especially on Valentine's Day. I hope the death toll doesn't rise any higher.

Ant

What a truly sheeshty thing to do, especially on Valentine's Day. I hope the death toll doesn't rise any higher.

Ant


We're all pretty stunned around here. We expect shootings and crap to happen in Chicago proper (I know...that sounds morbid), but this, plus a couple weeks ago with the whole shooting at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park....it has just been horrifying.

This is pathetic and truly sad. It's pretty devestating when you can't even feel safe enough to go places like school, the mall, restaurants, etc. :(

Yes, it was scary.  I was in the building next door, but I'm safe.  They locked us IN our classroom for 45 minutes (which sucked because I had to pee :P) and many of the other students were pretty much freaking out....I probably would've been too if it weren't for drugs 8)

Yes, it was scary.  I was in the building next door, but I'm safe.  They locked us IN our classroom for 45 minutes (which sucked because I had to pee :P) and many of the other students were pretty much freaking out....I probably would've been too if it weren't for drugs 8)



OMG...I'm so glad you are okay, Kim. :)

Yes, it was scary.  I was in the building next door, but I'm safe.  They locked us IN our classroom for 45 minutes (which sucked because I had to pee :P) and many of the other students were pretty much freaking out....I probably would've been too if it weren't for drugs 8)


Yay, you're okay!  I feel bad for all those people who got shot and died though :(

Yes, it was scary.  I was in the building next door, but I'm safe.  They locked us IN our classroom for 45 minutes (which sucked because I had to pee :P) and many of the other students were pretty much freaking out....I probably would've been too if it weren't for drugs 8)


OMG, Kim.  Glad you are ok. :)

Glad to hear your okay Kim, it's so sad and I feel for the victims and their families.

What I don't understand is why these nutballs feel they have to take innocent people with them.
When they feel the need to go on a shooting rampage why can't they start with themselves and save
everyone else from the pain and suffering?

Glad to hear your okay Kim, it's so sad and I feel for the victims and their families.

What I don't understand is why these nutballs feel they have to take innocent people with them.
When they feel the need to go on a shooting rampage why can't they start with themselves and save
everyone else from the pain and suffering?


"The world hurts me, I'll hurt the world."  That's why.  That's the basic motivation in 99% of these cases.
  \ :(

"The world hurts me, I'll hurt the world."  That's why.  That's the basic motivation in 99% of these cases.
  \ :(


The problem is though that NO ONE hurt him. He was very respected at his university, he had gotten accolades from NIU for doing a two year study on prison inmates hurting themselves, he was at the University of Urbana-Champaign as a graduate student, etc. etc. Unless it was a deeply buried issue of someone hurting him, I'd say this guy had it all. Apparently he was on meds for some illness, but went off of them. So I'd say in this case he went nutso on his own, unless proven otherwise later.

The problem is though that NO ONE hurt him. He was very respected at his university, he had gotten accolades from NIU for doing a two year study on prison inmates hurting themselves, he was at the University of Urbana-Champaign as a graduate student, etc. etc. Unless it was a deeply buried issue of someone hurting him, I'd say this guy had it all. Apparently he was on meds for some illness, but went off of them. So I'd say in this case he went nutso on his own, unless proven otherwise later.


That's the way it looks to me as well.

Kim - glad you're okay and it's good to hear from ya!

Ant

The problem is though that NO ONE hurt him. He was very respected at his university, he had gotten accolades from NIU for doing a two year study on prison inmates hurting themselves, he was at the University of Urbana-Champaign as a graduate student, etc. etc. Unless it was a deeply buried issue of someone hurting him, I'd say this guy had it all. Apparently he was on meds for some illness, but went off of them. So I'd say in this case he went nutso on his own, unless proven otherwise later.

"Nutso" is it.  We all know people the who got crummier deals in life than this guy.  His problems were rather ordinary.  His girlfriend dumped him, his folks moved away, he was feeling lonely, etc.  His moral compass was out of whack.  That's what made the difference.  If pain and problems made he average person pick up a gun and start firing at strangers, we'd all be mass murderers! 

This guy's mugshot reminds me a lot of Lee Harvey Oswald.  Anybody else see a resemblance?