AN ODD START TO THE MORNING. News stations reported somebody taken to hospital from the Stevenson Towers with a gunshot wound. The broadcasts generally mentioned the February 2008 shootings, as if there was a connection. The university went to what headquarters calls lockdown, but which makes more sense as confined to quarters. Classes and other business began as usual at 8 am. (I hope the early shift was able to punch in to prepare breakfast in the dorms and the student center.) The university's statement treats the event as an isolated incident.

By evening, the university and law enforcement had released the names of the injured man and the suspect, both Northern Illinois students. The suspect, not a resident of Stevenson, confronted other students. The Daily Chronicle report suggests a confrontation in Stevenson, but the evening news report suggests it took place outside, and the suspect was drunk.

More details as they become available.