A Tragic Day at Northern Illinois University

An officer leads a female from Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall
Craig Watson / The Beacon-News / AP

A Helping Hand
An officer leads a student from Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University.

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