DEKALB, Ill. - Churches in several Illinois communities are remembering the victims of the shooting at Northern Illinois University.
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(Photo: AP Images / Nam Y. Huh)Messages left by visitors are seen at a makeshift memorial on Northern Illinois University campus Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 in DeKalb, Ill. On Thursday,Steven Kazmierczak, armed with three handguns and a pump-action shotgun, stepped from behind a screen on a campus lecture hall's stage and opened fire on a geology class. He killed five students before committing suicide.
At least two churches in the college town of DeKalb are holding special services on the first Sunday since the rampage. And congregations in the victims' hometowns are coming together for services ahead of funerals planned for later this week.
On Thursday at around 3 p.m., Steven Kazmierczak, who was armed with three handguns and a pump-action shotgun, opened fire on a geology class. He had stepped out from behind a screen on stage at the lecture hall and killed five students before turning the gun on himself.
Kazmierczak had been a graduate student in sociology at Northern Illinois as recently as spring 2007. He was described as a successful student by his professors and also received a dean's award as an undergraduate at the university.
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