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2007-12-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-
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Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
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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 dont 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 Sheriffs Department, later identified gunman as Robert A. Hawkins, 19, of Bellevue, Neb. We are still conducting the investigation, Sergeant Negron said, adding that the citys 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.
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KETV reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives. The television station, quoting a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the shooting, said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to go out in style.
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping. The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd at the Von Maur department store. Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter. 
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