Report by Northern Illinois U. Examines 2008 Shooting

Northern Illinois University released a 300-page report this week that attempts to explain what led to the mass shooting on that campus in 2008 and summarizes the lessons the university learned during the crisis. On February 14, 2008, Steven Kazmierczak, a former graduate student, killed five people in a lecture hall before shooting himself to death. According to the Chicago Tribune, the new report includes a 27-page profile of the shooter, written by an independent psychologist, and provides a detailed account of his troubled life.