Several people have been shot on the Northern Illinois University campus. The gunman killed himself. We will be updating the site throughout the day. | CLICK HERE to View a LIVE stream

* 27-year-old former student Steven Kazmierczak is the gunman.

*6 Dead, including shooter. 4 Females, 2 Males killed. 4 Dead at scene, 2 dead at hospital. A total of 18 were transported to Kishwaukee hospital, 2 were treated to local hospital. 2 remain in critical condition at Kishwaukee. Total of 4 in critical. 22 casualties, including shooters. All injured were student, including instructor. He was a instructor.

*Officials confirmed that several people were shot at Cole Hall, a large lecture hall on campus, shortly after 3 p.m. and the campus was immediately placed on lockdown.

*Kishwaukee Hospital reported that up to 15 people were being brought to the hospital and that three to four of those victims had suffered head wounds.

*Student journalists at the school’s Northern Television Center reported that there were 18 victims, two of them fatalities, including the gunman.

*Lt. Gary Spangler of the DeKalb Police Department told the school newspaper, the Northern Star, that “The gunman is deceased,” adding that the “majority of the incident happened in Cole Hall.”

*Officials said the immediate danger has passed.

* “He says that the gunmen was a white male dressed in all black. He kicked the door in and opened fire. My brother dove under the desk, and popped his head up to see the gunmen was reloading. He grabbed his girlfriend’s hand and ran to the library where they been in lockdown since.”

*The campus will be closed on Friday.

*"Police are trying to get everyone off campus,’’ said student David Healy, who was near Cole Hall when the shooting happened. “At least five people have been pulled out on stretchers.”

*An alert on the university’s website confirmed “several” people were taken away in ambulances.

*The following hotlines are available for students & parents:

815-753-1573
815-753-6143
815-753-1574
815-753-1575
815-753-9564
815-753-6257

*Counseling is also available on campus for students at all residence halls and at the Neptune Dining Hall, Campus Life Building 100 and the Psychological Services Center in the Psychology/Computer Science Building.