NIU gunman identified

Steven Kazmierczak, 27, was the "skinny white man" who opened fire on students in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall at the center of the campus, known as the mall, yesterday. Before killing himself, the former NIU student, who was recently a graduate student in sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, killed five others, and wounded many more.

According to media accounts, Kazmierczak recently stopped taking his unnamed mental health medication.

A terrible tragedy.

And some sicko has set up a Facebook account in Kazmierczak's name.

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