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Shots fired at university near Chicago


    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in a classroom at Northern Illinois University outside Chicago on Thursday and witnesses told local media that several people had been wounded.

    A local newspaper said the gunman was armed with a shotgunand a pistol. It added that police radio traffic indicated thatthe man was "down."

    Another local media report said police had the gunman incustody.

    One student told local radio that roughly 140 students werein a geology classroom when the man opened fire. Otherwitnesses said bloodied victims were hit by buckshot.

    A woman outside the classroom said students fled in terror."One guy said, there's someone shooting," she said.

    (Reporting by Andrew Stern, Editing by Frances Kerry)