DEKALB, Ill. - Authorities say a man dressed in black opened fire from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing four people and himself. Campus Police Chief Donald Grady confirmed the deaths following a news conference. He says the gunman was not a student at the school and police had no apparent motive.
The university president says witnesses in the geology class saw someone dressed in black came out from behind a screen in front of the classroom and opened fire with a shotgun.
All classes were canceled Thursday night and the 25,000-student campus was closed on Friday.
5 Dead-including gunman
18 Wounded
The university president says witnesses in the geology class saw someone dressed in black came out from behind a screen in front of the classroom and opened fire with a shotgun.
All classes were canceled Thursday night and the 25,000-student campus was closed on Friday.
5 Dead-including gunman
18 Wounded
