Mall Shooting
Four dead at the Cascade Mall in Burlington. Shooter last seen on foot headed towards I5.
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Man opens fire at Omaha mall, killing 8 By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer
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OMAHA, Neb. - A man opened fire with a rifle at a busy department store Wednesday, killing eight people before taking his own life, in an attack that made holiday shoppers run screaming through a mall and barricade themselves in dressing rooms. Five more people were wounded, two critically.
The gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by his mother, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak. TV station KETV reported that the note said he wanted to "go out in style."
The official identified the gunman as Robert A. Hawkins, age 19 or 20.
Witnesses said the gunman fired down on shoppers from a third-floor balcony of the Von Maur store. He was found dead on the third floor with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and his victims were discovered on the second and third floors, police said.
"My knees rocked. I didn't know what to do, so I just ran with everybody else," said Kevin Kleine, 29, who was shopping with her 4-year-old daughter at the Westroads Mall, in a prosperous neighborhood on the city's west side. She said she hid in a dressing room with four other shoppers and an employee.
Sgt. Teresa Negron said the gunman killed eight people, then apparently killed himself. Authorities gave no motive for the attack and said they did not know whether he said anything during the rampage.
Police received a 911 call from someone inside the mall, and shots could be heard in the background, Negron said. By the time officers arrived six minutes later, the shooting was over, she said.
"Everybody was scared, and we didn't know what was going on," said Belene Esaw-Kagbara, 31, a Von Maur employee. "We didn't know what to do. I was praying that God protect us."
Mickey Vickory, who worked at Von Maur's third-floor service department, said she heard shots at about 1:50 p.m.
She and her co-workers and customers went into a back closet behind the wrapping room to hide, then emerged about a half-hour later when police shouted to come out with their hands up. As police took them to another part of the mall for safety, they saw the victims.
"We saw the bodies and we saw the blood," she said.
Keith Fidler, another Von Maur employee, said he heard a burst of five to six shots followed by 15 to 20 more rounds. Fidler said he huddled in the corner of the men's clothing department with about a dozen other employees until police yelled to get out of the store.
A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said the shots sounded like a nail gun. At first he thought it was noise from construction work at the mall.
"People started screaming about gunshots," Vidlak said. "I grabbed my wife and kids we got out of there as fast as we could."
Shortly after the shooting, which came three weeks before Christmas, a group of shoppers came out of the building with their hands raised. Some were still holding shopping bags.
Police told people to park their cars at businesses across from the mall and to wait for their loved ones, then directed them to an Omaha hotel to await information.
President Bush was in Omaha on Wednesday for a fundraiser, but left about an hour before the shooting.
The Von Maur store is part of a 22-store Midwestern chain. The sprawling, three-level mall has more than 135 stores and restaurants. It gets 14.5 million visitors every year, according to its Web site.
It was the second mass shooting at a mall this year. In February, nine people were shot, five of them fatally, at Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City. The gunman, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic, was shot and killed by police.
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Associated Press writers Anna Jo Bratton, Josh Funk, Timberly Ross and Eric Olson in Omaha and Lara Jakes Jordan in Washington contributed to this report.0 -
so far 5 down one gunman dead In Salt lake city Mall
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edit for unknown dead and injured tv was reporing 5 dead at first no offical word yet as to how many dead injured, or shooters possibly 2 witness interview stating as many as ten down0 -
just heard on the TV.[:(!][:(!] just happened
looking for more info
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A gunman was shot and killed at Northlake Mall in Charlotte after an officer-involved shooting Thursday afternoon, according to WSOC.
dicks sporting goodsA massive police response along with ambulances and paramedics were called to the mall in north Charlotte just after 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. SWAT has also been called in.
Witnesses said they could hear shots being fired inside the mall.
Paramedics said they were treating one person with a leg injury and a woman who went into labor. It was unclear if any others were hurt.
An altercation in a store at the mall led to the gunfire, Shauntelle Hamrick, the manager of the Journeys shoe store, told CNN. Hamrick says she watched as a group of people "ganged up" on a man. During the fight, someone pulled a gun, and a friend of the man was shot. It is not clear how badly he is wounded.0 -
I didn't know what to do, so I just ran with everybody else," 0 -
I guess I'm just different in that I can't bring myself to run away like a sheep with the flock. And cowering in a corner is just unthinkable. That's why I carry a pistol and when I can't carry my pistol, I carry a knife(3 in fact) and where I can't carry a knife I just don't go. 0 -
Just once I would love to hear that a shooter was shot by a person carrying a gun. I would love to hear that a law abiding person shot the shooter and saved lives, but the two never seem to be in the same place at the same time! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by mango tango
Just once I would love to hear that a shooter was shot by a person carrying a gun. I would love to hear that a law abiding person shot the shooter and saved lives, but the two never seem to be in the same place at the same time!
Earlier this year in a mall in SLC, UT. Link0 -
Many times these kind of things happen in a so called "gun free zone". Ensuring safety for the perp to carry out his fantasy without anyone to stop him. 0 -
Very sad. To bad no one was there to take the suspect out before he shot himself the coward. 0 -
coward is saying it nicely. i can say that since i personally knew the kid. what a p.o.s. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by mango tango
Just once I would love to hear that a shooter was shot by a person carrying a gun. I would love to hear that a law abiding person shot the shooter and saved lives, but the two never seem to be in the same place at the same time!
OR, we just NEVER HEAR ABOUT THOSE INCIDENCES.0 -
quote:Originally posted by mango tango
Just once I would love to hear that a shooter was shot by a person carrying a gun. I would love to hear that a law abiding person shot the shooter and saved lives, but the two never seem to be in the same place at the same time!
THINK THIS MALL WAS A GUN FREE ZONE
good thing he killed himself, he be in big trouble bringing a gun into a gun free zone0 -
His suicide note said "at least now I'll be famous." I haven't watched much news, but at least Fox said they're not saying his name. Love em or hate em, they got this one right. 0 -
Exactly how big of a loser do you have to be to be fired from McDonalds? 0
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