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Omaha Mall Shooting - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 7th Dec, 2007 - 12:13am
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As many as nine people may have been shot at a busy Omaha shopping mall Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m., and the suspected shooter killed himself.Omaha Mall Shooting
Another tragic shooting at a mall in the US in the hands of a guy who is now in police custody.
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| OMAHA, Neb. - Report: At least five people shot inside Omaha mall. As many as five people may have been shot at a busy Omaha shopping mall Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m., and the suspected shooter is in custody. A spokesperson for the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed they were treating three shooting victims: A 61-year-old man shot in the chest, a 34-year-old man shot in the leg, and a 55-year-old man with a cut to his face. The 61-year-old man was in critical condition and undergoing surgery. FOX has not confirmed reports that two people were killed. KMTV reported the two fatalities based on reports heard on police scanners. One witness, Todd Trimpe, told FOX News that he saw the police apprehend a man, dressed in camouflage, who was hiding under a bus stop bench outside the mall. Trimpe said he did not know what was happening inside the mall when he witnessed the arrest. FOX News has confirmed that the gunman is in custody and that police are not searching for additional suspects. Police had put the Westroads Mall, Omaha's largest shopping mall, on lockdown while it searched for the shooter. According to local television reports, an employee at the Von Maur department store, where the shooting took place, sustained a "self-inflicted" gun wound. The suspect in custody did not appear to be wounded. One of the victims was reportedly an elderly man found near an escalator inside Von Maur. At least one of the victims was reportedly shot in the head. Witnesses described hearing "dozens and dozens" of shots being fired, with one witness saying she heard more than 30 shots. A woman who answered the phone at an Old Navy store said 20 to 30 customers were huddled with employees in a back storeroom. "All we know was people were running and screaming down the hallway by Von Maur saying there was a shooting, and then they locked us down," said the woman, who said her name was Heidi... |
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Post Date: 6th Dec, 2007 - 10:53am / Post ID: #
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Nine dead in Omaha mall shooting
OMAHA - A man with a rifle opened fire at a busy shopping mall Wednesday, killing eight people before taking his own life, police said. Five more people were wounded, two critically. Shoppers and employees ran screaming through the mall and barricaded themselves in dressing rooms after hearing gunfire. The gunman was found dead on the third floor of the Von Maur department store.
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Post Date: 7th Dec, 2007 - 12:13am / Post ID: #
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Omaha Mall Shooting History & Civil Business Politics
Inside a Troubled Mind
Police say Robert Hawkins killed eight people before killing himself at a mall in suburban Omaha, Neb., yesterday, but what could cause a 19 year old to do such a thing?
Today, a Nebraska Health and Human Services official said that in March 2002 Hawkins made homicidal threats toward his mother. He was also diagnosed with ADD, oppositional defiance disorder and parent-child relational problems.
Tonight, "Nightline" sits down with the principal of Hawkins' former high school, his landlady and his friends..
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