Details on the NIU Killer

Details on the NIU Killer

From February 15, 2008 TransWorld News:

The man responsible for killing six students at a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University before killing himself had been a well received student at the school and had earned a pair of honors while an undergraduate.

Steven Kazmierczak, 27, had been involved in student government, a proponent of social justice and had been widely regarded as a stand-out student during his time at NIU. Kazmierczak left the school following last spring semester and transferred to another area college.

Proponent of social justice? This doesn't make any sense. This has to be a mental illness breakdown.

Common characteristics of schizophrenic breakdown: teens to mid-20s; often extremely smart people; a lot of the breakdowns seem to happen in college. That was the case for my brother.

I will be surprised if there weren't some warning signs. There was some disturbing graffiti found on a restroom wall in December, although it isn't clear that these were connected.