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I would feel comfortable interviewing the subject while he is in prison and on medication. His spree was erratic and he was not thinking straight. The questions I would ask him are, What made you wake up one day and say ¨Oh I want to go shoot up my school¨, What was your motive? Why did you stop taking your medication?What events led you to feel this action was your last option?

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Criminal was male, Caucasian, age 27 Steven P. Kazmierczak, enrolled as a graduate sociology student at NIU. Regarding his mental health, he allegedly had a history of mental illness and attempted suicides, was bullied in high school, and had shown an interest in previous school shootings, particularly those that occurred at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech. As of his social interest Kazmierczak's interests are listed as corrections, political violence and peace and social justice, according to the essay, he had plans to co-author a manuscript on the role of religion in the formation of early prisons. Kazmierczak had most recently been studying mental health issues at the University of Illinois, and had taken a job at a prison, according to his academic adviser. Kazmierczak always interacted with his peers well during group work, and participated regularly in class discussions. Steve grew up watching horror movies with his mother. Fleshy, enormous, laid out beside him on the couch. Middle of the day, and all shades are drawn. Dark. She's protective, and doesn't want Steve to go outside. Won't let him play much with other children. She's not mentally right, according to Steve's godfather, but what can he do? A family feud. A history of depression on his father's side, Steve's grandfather an alcoholic. And he also had girlfriend and she had said he was everything except a monster.

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Steven Kazmierczak used a shotgun and 3 pistols to carry out his crime of the shooting at NIU. In order to avoid capture Kazmierczak shot himself before police could capture him.

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The sixth fatality was the gunman, identified as Steven P. Kazmierczak, 27, who apparently took his own life on the lecture hall stage. In recent weeks, however, Kazmierczak had been behaving "erratically" since he allegedly stopped taking medications for a condition the authorities declined to specify. State police said he had obtained a permit to purchase a weapon in January 2007. He picked up two of the weapons used in the attack, the shotgun and the Glock from a Champaign, Ill., store on Feb. 9. The other two weapons 9-mm and .38 caliber pistols were purchased at the same store last year. He had also been in this room for almost three days, calling people, e-mailing, saying goodbye.

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22 victims, 17 injured and 5 dead

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The shooter

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5 victims were killed, those five include Catalina Garcia, Julianna Gehant, Ryanne Mace, Daniel Parmenter, and Gayle Dubowski. On top of the victims killed, 21 people were injured. Kazmierczak fired directly into the center of the class, at the front row of students. Several students screamed. Some threw themselves into the space between chairs. Hoping to escape out the top back doors, some began rushing up the two ascending aisles, which divided the room into three seating areas that swept upwards.

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The strong possibility to why Steven snapped was because he stopped taking his medication. His girlfriend, Jessica Baty, confirmed that Kazmierczak was taking Xanax (anti-anxiety), Ambien (sleep aid), and Prozac (antidepressant), all of which were prescribed to him by a psychiatrist. Kazmierczak described himself as a sensitive person and was bullied in school so it is safe to say he is antisocial. The murder type for this case would be spree murder. His relationship with his girlfriend seems pretty strong because she claimed he was anything but a monster and that he was the most caring person. As for his family, His mother died of ALS and his father was retired so he lived on his own.