Shooting at Omaha shopping mall

[tk13]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/...all_shooting_1

Breaking news on CNN and MSNBC at the moment... gunfire at Westroads Mall in Omaha, NE. They believe possibly 5 people may have been shot, no other info at this time.

[morphius]

Originally Posted by tk13

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/...all_shooting_1

Breaking news on CNN and MSNBC at the moment... gunfire at a mall in Omaha, NE. They believe possibly 5 people may have been shot, no other info at this time.

An Omaha mall? That really doesn't narrow anything down at all!

[tk13]

There, it's called Westroads Mall.

[sedated]

Bugeater finally lost it

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by sedated

Bugeater finally lost it

Not me...this time...

In all seriousness, this is horrible. Nine families are going to spend the holidays mourning. Apparently it was some 19 yr old loser who just got fired from his job. This mall is also just a few blocks from my wife's place of employment, so it's a bit too close to home.

[Bugeater]

Gunman Opens Fire at Omaha Mall
AP
Posted: 2007-12-05 18:16:33
Filed Under: Nation News

OMAHA, Neb. (Dec. 5) - A man with a rifle opened fire 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.

Witnesses said the gunman fired down on shoppers from a third-floor balcony of the Von Maur store.
The gunman 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.

Keith Fidler, a 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.

Sgt. Teresa Negron said the gunman killed eight people, then apparently killed himself. His name was not immediately released, and authorities gave no motive for the attack and 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.

A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said he heard four or five rapid shots "like a nail gun." At first he thought it was noise from construction work going on 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.

President Bush was in town Wednesday for a fundraiser in Omaha, but left about an hour before the shooting.

The sprawling, three-level mall has more than 135 stores and restaurants, according to the Web site for General Growth Properties, the manager of the mall. It gets 14.5 million visitors every year, according to the Web site.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by GoBo

Gunman Opens Fire at Omaha Mall
AP
Posted: 2007-12-05 18:16:33
Filed Under: Nation News

OMAHA, Neb. (Dec. 5) - A man with a rifle opened fire 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.

Witnesses said the gunman fired down on shoppers from a third-floor balcony of the Von Maur store.
The gunman 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.

Keith Fidler, a 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.

Sgt. Teresa Negron said the gunman killed eight people, then apparently killed himself. His name was not immediately released, and authorities gave no motive for the attack and 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.

A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said he heard four or five rapid shots "like a nail gun." At first he thought it was noise from construction work going on 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.

President Bush was in town Wednesday for a fundraiser in Omaha, but left about an hour before the shooting.

The sprawling, three-level mall has more than 135 stores and restaurants, according to the Web site for General Growth Properties, the manager of the mall. It gets 14.5 million visitors every year, according to the Web site.

A woman named Kevin?

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

A woman named Kevin?

Ehh...I guess so.

Originally Posted by GoBo

President Bush was in town Wednesday for a fundraiser in Omaha, but left about an hour before the shooting.

I figured it was his fault.

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by Phobia

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Originally Posted by GoBo
President Bush was in town Wednesday for a fundraiser in Omaha, but left about an hour before the shooting.

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I figured it was his fault.

He had a perfectly good target an hour earlier and he had to take out innocents at the mall. [banghead]

[morphius]

Westroads

[memyselfI]

Sad.

I hate the mall since working retail at Christmas. I avoid it like the plague. But for people who go to them this is scary stuff as they are notoriously underpoliced.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

Sad.

I hate the mall since working retail at Christmas. I avoid it like the plague. But for people who go to them this is scary stuff as they are notoriously underpoliced.

Yea, I'm totally scared of going to the mall.

I'll bet it was that crazy bugeater/go bo guy.

[Braincase]

A Frank Solich supporter...