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Northern Illinois University shooting leaves six dead

NIU president John Peters, right, speaks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson before a vigil for the shooting victims on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois on February 15, 2008. Stephen Kazmierczak killed five people and wounded 16 in a lecture hall on the campus before taking his own life February 14. (UPI Photo/Mark Cowan)

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