Another end-of-the (short) week party
goes wrong.
A 22-year-old student at Northern Illinois University has died after being shot in an off-campus incident.
Authorities were called at 2:10 a.m. to an apartment at 809 Edgebrook Drive in DeKalb for a report of shots fired, DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen said. An officer was on the scene by 2:11 a.m.
Steven R. Agee II, of Park Forest, was shot in the chest and was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, according to a news release from DeKalb Police. He was pronounced dead at [Kishwaukee Hospital].
NIU spokesman Paul Palian said Agee was a senior at NIU, studying sociology with an emphasis in criminology. Agee was expected to graduate in the spring. Agee was "very involved" in student activities, Palian added, and was a student worker for the NIU Student Association.
University officials are suggesting that everyone remain calm, yet making counselors available should anyone wish to vent.
DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen has informed NIU officials that there is no imminent threat to the community. Police say the situation was an isolated incident that occurred as the result of an argument that escalated between two people at a party.
On the social media sites, the recriminations have begun.
Not here, not yet. There's at least one family that has to make a change in its Thanksgiving plans, and in numerous households the rooting against the
Packers (in some cases, against the Lions) will be subdued, and the table conversations will be about whether staying in DeKalb is sound.
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