Gun shop where NIU shooter bought weapons closes

CHAMPAIGN _ The backyard gun shop where Northern Illinois University gunman Steven Kazmierczak bought five guns has closed.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent Thomas Ahern says the owner of Tony's Guns and Ammo in Champaign gave up his federal gun dealer's license this week and closed.

Kazmierczak was a graduate student at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He legally bought handguns and a shotgun at the shop before killing five students at Northern Illinois in DeKalb and committing suicide.

The Associated Press left a message seeking comment at a phone number still listed for the shop Wednesday.