A parking lot near Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University became a staging area for emergency personnel who responded to a shooting at the DeKalb campus. Thursday Feb. 14, 2008.

A Tragic Day at Northern Illinois University

A former student opened fire in a lecture hall, killing seven people, before turning the gun on himself

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