The 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting was a school shooting that took place on Thursday, February 14, 2008, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Steven Kazmierczak, 27 years o
Memorial for victims of the shooting
Entrance to Cole Hall, morning after the shootings
Multiple makeshift memorials, including this one near the MLK Commons facing Cole Hall, were established across the NIU campus in the days after the shooting.
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks with University president John Peters via telephone from the White House to offer his condolences.
Remington Model 11-48
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The Remington Model 11-48 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms as the first of its "new generation" semi-automatics produced after World War II. Released as the replacement for t
2008 Northern Illinois University shooting
…handguns (a 9mm Glock 19, a .380 ACP SIG Sauer P232, and a .380 ACP Hi-Point CF-380), eight loaded magazines, and a knife. He also carried in a 12 gauge Remington Sportsman 48 shotgun concealed in a guitar case. He opened the auditorium door with such extreme force that many witnesses described him as "kicking the door in…
Remington 11 48
A 1953, B-grade on top; a modernized 1949, A-grade "truck gun" on bottom