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| Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha |
| 2007-12-06 |
| A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off bedlam and panic among holiday shoppers, the police said. “The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds,” Sgt. Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at a televised news briefing late this afternoon after the police had secured the area. “We have been able to clear the mall,” she said. “We don’t believe we have any other shooters.” The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings. Sergeant Negron said the shooter was armed with a rifle. She did not give his identity during the news briefing, but KETV television of Omaha, citing Sarpy County Sheriff’s Department, later identified gunman as Robert A. Hawkins, 19, of Bellevue, Neb. “We are still conducting the investigation,” Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city’s mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha. Sergeant Negron said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background. The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 He used an AK-47 and a live grenade was found in the landscaping at the same mall Friday. ICE just deported some MS-13 from Bellevue,(Offutt) too. This is one of the main immigrant pipelines in the Midwest and could have been much worse if he had access to so much firepower. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2007-12-06 22:18 |
| #6 But, but, but........... it was a "gun free zone". |
| Posted by: Large Gleasing8438 2007-12-06 19:34 |
| #5 If shopping malls allowed people with concealed carry permits to.....carry.....this sh*t would not be happening. Idiots. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-12-06 17:53 |
| #4 I nominate that snark of the year. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-12-06 17:37 |
| #3 Lost his job, lost his girlfriend, drinking; why he was only a flat tire away from a country song... should have just gone ont on some dirt road and eaten the gun barrel without taking those innocents, may they rest in peace, may he rest in Hell. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2007-12-06 14:45 |
| #2 CHL, ladies and gentlemen, CHL. |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Spusoling6019 2007-12-06 14:25 |
| #1 Suicide with company, when the mall security didn't get there fast enough to do it for him. I heard on the news that his parents had kicked him out, his girlfriend broke up with him, and he'd been drinking and doing drugs to cure the resulting depression. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-06 13:43 |