The Northern Illinois University Shooting
At approximately 3:06 p.m., on Valentine’s Day 2008, Steven Kazmierczak entered the large auditorium-style lecture hall in Cole Hall at the Northern Illinois University. 150 plus students were listening to the oceanography class that was already in session.
The door Kazmierczak used led directly to the stage in front of the classroom. It was there that Steven entered and came to be before the crowd of unsuspecting students. He carried a Remington 870 shotgun, that was smuggled in using a guitar case, and three handguns that had been concealed under his coat.
The first fatality was the professor, who stood motionless and startled, directly across from Steven. He was shot at once. Kazmierczak then took aim and fired directly into the center of the class. The students immediately dove into the space between chairs. Many fled up the two ascending aisles hoping to escape via the top doors. Kazmierczak took aim at those very fleeing and fired repeatedly.
Before it ended, six people lay dead and 18 others were wounded.
- Name: Steven Kazmierczak
- Born: August 26, 1980
- Death: February 14, 2008
- Characteristic: Mass Murderer
- Crime Spree: February 14, 2008
- Number of Victims: 6
- Location: Illinois
- Method of Murder: Shooting
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