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词条 Westroads Mall shooting
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  1. Details

     Prior to the shooting  Shooting 

  2. Aftermath

     Victims  Community reaction 

  3. Shooter

  4. See also

  5. References

{{good article}}{{Infobox civilian attack
|title=Westroads Mall shooting
|image=VonMaurOmaha.jpg
|caption=Police cars cordoned in front of the Von Maur department store building
|location= Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
|target=Von Maur in Westroads Mall
|date={{start date|2007|12|5}}
|time=1:43 p.m. – 1:49 p.m. CST
|timezone=00
|type=Mass murder, mass shooting, murder-suicide
|fatalities=9 (including the perpetrator)
|injuries=6 (4 from gunfire)[1]
|perp=Robert Arthur Hawkins[2]
|weapons=AKM 7.62×39mm semi-automatic rifle[3]
}}

The Westroads Mall shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on December 5, 2007, in a Von Maur department store at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska. The gunman, nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins, killed eight people and wounded four, two of them critically, before committing suicide.[3] It was the deadliest mass murder in Nebraska since the rampage of Charles Starkweather in 1958.[4]

Details

Prior to the shooting

An hour before the rampage,[5] Hawkins' mother gave the Sarpy County Sheriff's Department his suicide note, which read in part: "I just want to take a few pieces of shit with me... just think tho, I'm gonna be fuckin famous{{sic}}."[6][7]

Surveillance footage showed that Hawkins, unarmed at first, entered the south entrance of the Von Maur department store at about 1:36 p.m. CST (19:36 UTC). After walking a short distance into the store, he scanned the area, turned around and left. Returning six minutes later through the same entrance, he proceeded directly to the elevator at his immediate right, this time with a Century WASR-10 (a commercial copy of the AKM (7.62×39mm) semi-automatic rifle)[3][8] stolen from his stepfather's house, along with two 30-round magazines taped together,[9] concealed in a sweatshirt. He took the elevator to the top floor.[10]

Shooting

At approximately 1:43 p.m. CST (19:43 UTC), Hawkins stepped out of the elevator on the third floor and opened fire. He killed eight people and wounded four others over the course of six minutes, before committing suicide by shooting himself up the chin near the customer service desk.[11] He fired more than 30 rounds, striking 12 people. Six were killed instantly, one died before reaching the hospital, and another died 45 minutes after reaching the ER of another hospital.[12]

Omaha Police arrived at Westroads Mall about six minutes after receiving the first 911 call. Audio tapes and transcripts of the 911 calls, along with images captured by mall security surveillance cameras, were released by the police on December 7, 2007. In one 911 call, gunshots can be heard.[13]

An autopsy of Hawkins showed that he had 200 nanograms per milliliter of Valium in his system, which is the low end of its therapeutic-use range (100–1500 ng/mL).[14] No trace of any other drug was found in his system.[14]

Aftermath

Victims

Eight people were killed by Hawkins during the shooting. Six were employees at the Von Maur store and the remaining two were customers. They are:[15]

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  • Beverly Flynn, 47 (employee)
  • Janet Jorgensen, 66 (employee)
  • Gary Joy, 56 (employee)
  • John McDonald, 65 (customer)
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  • Gary Scharf, 48 (customer)
  • Angie Schuster, 36 (department manager)
  • Dianne Trent, 53 (employee)
  • Maggie Webb, 24 (employee)
{{col-end}}

Four of the victims shot by Hawkins survived. Two critically injured were store employees.[16] Fred Wilson, 61, was a manager for the customer service department. He was sent to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the upper chest. By the time he reached the ER, he had lost three-quarters of his blood and had no pulse.[17] Wilson was upgraded to stable by the following weekend, and soon after was making some attempts to communicate. The other critically wounded victim was customer service employee Micheale "Mickey" Oldham, 65, who was sent to Creighton University Medical Center. She sustained heavy injuries to the abdomen and back, and, of the surviving victims, she suffered the worst injuries.[17][18]

Another surviving victim was customer Jeff Schaffart, 34, who was treated and released at UNMC for a gunshot wound to the left arm and the little finger of his left hand. The Omaha Police Department announced on December 22, 2007, that Mandy Hyda, 34, received a bruise when a bullet fragment struck her left leg.[1] She was neither transported nor treated for the injury.[19] It was initially reported that there were five people injured (not including Hyda), but two of those at the scene who were sent to local hospitals were sent for reasons other than being shot by Hawkins.[3]

Community reaction

The Von Maur corporate headquarters in Davenport, Iowa issued a statement saying, "We are deeply saddened by the horrific shooting at our Omaha store this afternoon. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this tragic event, as well as their families."[20] A similar statement was shown on its web site's home page.[21] Westroads Mall also stated on its web site, "Our thoughts and prayers remain with all affected by this tragedy."[22] Its home page also indicated that the mall would remain closed until the following Saturday, December 8; however, the Von Maur store, where the incident took place, did not open until December 20.[21] In the days following the tragedy, the Von Maur store was thronged on all sides by flowers and signs expressing condolences, as makeshift memorials to the victims.[23] By January 12, 2008, a fund for the victims' families surpassed one million dollars.[24]

Shooter

{{Infobox person
|name = Robert A. Hawkins
|image =
|caption = Hawkins' Papillion-La Vista High School yearbook photo
|birth_name = Robert Arthur Hawkins
|birth_date = May 17, 1988
|birth_place = {{nowrap|RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, U.K.}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|12|05|1988|05|17}}
|death_place = Omaha, Nebraska, United States
|body_discovered = {{nowrap|Westroads Mall, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.}}
|death_cause = Suicide by gunshot wound to the head
|resting_place =
|residence = Bellevue, Nebraska, United States
|nationality = American
|ethnicity =
|citizenship =
|education = {{nowrap|General Educational Development (GED)}}
|years_active =
|home_town =
|title =
|opponents =
}}Robert A. Hawkins (May 17, 1988 – December 5, 2007) was the 19-year-old perpetrator of the Westroads Mall shooting.[25] He was born at the RAF Lakenheath station in Suffolk, England, U.K., to American parents Ronald Hawkins and Maribel "Molly" Rodriguez.[33] Throughout most of his life, he and his family were plagued by his psychiatric problems.[26] His stepmother had him sent to a psychiatrist when he was just four after he exhibited persistent violent behavior in pre-school. He was attending therapy sessions, taking medication and being hospitalized for depression by the time he was six years old.[26] The day after he turned 14, he was sent to a mental health treatment center for "homicidal threats to his stepmother."[36] Four months later, he became a ward of the State of Nebraska, which lasted nearly four years until he was discharged completely for not co-operating.[36] He had undergone two psychiatric hospitalizations, and was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, an unspecified mood disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and parent-child relationship problems.[36] His extensive treatments cost the state $265,000.[27] He was estranged from his parents and lived with two friends and their mother in a ranch-style house in the Quail Creek Neighborhood[16] of Bellevue, a suburb {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Omaha.[2] After being expelled from Fort Calhoun High School for trying to sell marijuana to classmates, he attended Papillion-La Vista High School and later dropped out in March 2006. He received a GED. Debora Maruca-Kovac, the owner of the house in which Hawkins lived, described him as "troubled".[28] She also stated that he was depressed over being fired from his job at McDonald's, reportedly for stealing $17,[29] and over separating from his girlfriend two weeks prior to the incident because he cheated on her.[16][30]

In the summer of 2007, Hawkins tried to enlist in the U.S. Army but was turned down.[31]

Hawkins was ticketed on November 24, 2007, for suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two alcohol charges,[32] one of which was underage possession of alcohol. He was due in court for an arraignment on December 19, 2007.[16] On November 25, 2007, Hawkins threatened to kill a local teenager's family and burn her house down, because he thought she had stolen his CD player. The teen decided to press no charges.[33] He was also convicted as a juvenile of a felony drug conviction[34][35] while in foster care in Omaha.[35]

The Smoking Gun released a copy of Hawkins' three-page suicide note which consisted of a note to his family, one to his friends, and his last will and testament, below which he signed his name and included his Social Security number.[6] Initial news reports indicated that Hawkins wrote in his suicide note, "I'm going out in style"; however, the phrase does not appear on the publicly released document.[7]

The day after the shooting, the Hawkins family released a statement expressing their condolences for the victims.[36] On December 13, 2007, Hawkins' mother, Maribel Rodriguez, issued a formal apology for Hawkins' actions in an interview on Good Morning America.[37][38] On January 7, 2009, Rodriguez was featured on season 7 episode 77 of the Dr. Phil show.[39]

Hawkins was the subject of the series premiere of the Investigation Discovery series Evil Lives Here, a show that features testimonials of the loved ones of murderers, which premiered on January 17, 2016. It was his father and ex-stepmother's first public interviews since the shooting.[40]

See also

{{wikinews|9 killed in Omaha, Nebraska mall shooting}}
  • List of rampage killers (Americas)
  • List of massacres
  • 2016 Munich shooting
  • Cascade Mall shooting
  • St. Cloud, Minnesota mall stabbing
{{Portalbar|Biography|2000s}}

References

1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10215711|title=Another injured person identified in Von Maur shootings|work=Omaha World Herald|date=2007-12-22|accessdate=2007-12-22}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_re_us/mall_shooting|title= Man opens fire at Omaha mall, killing 8|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2007-12-05|publisher=Yahoo! News}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/08/national/main3594414.shtml|title=Omaha Mall, Scene Of Mass Killing, Reopens|date=2007-12-08|accessdate=2007-12-09|publisher=CBS News}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10202217 |title=Omaha's Deadliest Hour: 19-year-old man kills eight and himself at Westroads Mall |publisher=Omaha World Herald |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2007-12-05}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ketv.com/news/14843844/detail.html |title=Von Maur Shooter's Mother Says She Sensed Something Amiss |publisher=KETV |date=2007-12-13 |accessdate=2007-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103758/http://www.ketv.com/news/14843844/detail.html# |archive-date=2011-09-28 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
6. ^1 {{cite web| url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1207072omaha1.html |title=Omaha Gunman Suicide Notes |publisher=The Smoking Gun |date=2007-12-07 |accessdate=2007-12-08}}
7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxwegNvqlLIZhRpWG_gsPJaSsulQD8TCTFM00 |title=Transcription of Hawkins' Suicide Note |publisher=The Associated Press |date=2007-12-08 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071210193513/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxwegNvqlLIZhRpWG_gsPJaSsulQD8TCTFM00 |archivedate = 2007-12-10}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7500098&nav=menu550_2 |title=Police describe what they found in gunman's car |publisher=The Associated Press |date=2007-12-14 |accessdate=2007-12-16 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://wcbstv.com/national/omaha.mall.shooting.2.604089.html|title=Nebraskans Hold Vigils as Shooting Details Emerge|publisher=NPR|date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-14 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071208034142/http://wcbstv.com/national/omaha.mall.shooting.2.604089.html |archivedate = December 8, 2007}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/07/mall.shooter/index.html|title=Mall shooter's suicide note: 'I've just snapped'|publisher=CNN|date=2007-12-07 |accessdate=2007-12-07}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/autopsy-shows-valium-only-drug-in-omaha-mall-gunmans-system|title=Autopsy Shows Valium Only Drug in Omaha Mall Gunman's System|date=2008-01-01|accessdate=2018-10-15|publisher=Fox News}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/06/mall.shooting/index.html |title=Chief: Shooter left store, came back with assault rifle |publisher=CNN |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-06}}
13. ^{{cite news | title =Mall Shooting 911 | publisher =CNN | date =2007-12-07 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/06/mall.shooting.911/index.html#cnnSTCVideo | accessdate =2007-12-07}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|title=Kleine: What's Missing From Hawkins' Autopsy Surprising|url=http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/14964010/detail.html|date=2008-01-02|accessdate=2008-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928090953/http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/14964010/detail.html#|archive-date=2011-09-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}
15. ^"Profiles of 8 who died in Omaha mall massacre"
16. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.ketv.com/news/14782867/detail.html |title=Worst Mass Slaying In Nebraska History Claims 9: ABC: Shooter Used Assault Rifle With 2 Magazines |publisher=KETV |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2007-12-06}}
17. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/395758-p2.html |title=Omaha mall reopens, four days after shooting rampage |publisher=The Kansas City Star |date=2007-12-08 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211152614/http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/395758-p2.html |archivedate = December 11, 2007}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315342,00.html|title=Gunman Kills Eight, Then Kills Himself, at Omaha Shopping Mall|publisher=Fox News|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2007-12-05}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ketv.com/news/14912428/detail.html|title=Police: Another Injured Victim Of Von Maur Shooting|publisher=KETV|date=2007-12-22|accessdate=2007-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723122750/http://www.ketv.com/news/14912428/detail.html#|archive-date=2011-07-23|dead-url=yes|df=}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22116784// |title=Gunman opens fire at Omaha mall, kills 8, self |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2007-12-05 |publisher=msnbc.com}}
21. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.vonmaur.com |title=Von Maur home page |publisher=Von Maur |accessdate=2007-12-09}}
22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.westroadsmall.com/html/index20.asp |title=Westroads Mall home page |publisher=Westroads Mall |accessdate=2007-12-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071208204032/http://www.westroadsmall.com/html/index20.asp |archivedate = December 8, 2007}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7478787 |title=Memorial to Mall Victims Grows |publisher=KTPM |date=2007-12-11 |accessdate=2007-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328231149/http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7478787# |archive-date=2012-03-28 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=7616348&nav=menu609_2_4 |title=Omaha Shooting Victims' Fund Surpasses $1 Million |publisher=KMEG |date=2008-01-12 |accessdate=2008-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318220138/http://www.kmeg14.com/Global/story.asp?S=7616348&nav=menu609_2_4# |archive-date=2012-03-18 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
25. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/killers-note-im-a-piece-of-shit-now-ill-be-famous/2007/12/06/1196812899948.html|title=Killer's note: I'm a piece of shit. Now I'll be famous |work= Sydney Morning Herald|date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-06}}
26. ^1 2 {{cite web|url= http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10205217|title=Robert Hawkins: His life a tragic tumble down|publisher=Omaha World-Herald|date=2007-12-09|accessdate=2007-12-09}}
27. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url= http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/06/omaha.shooting/#cnnSTCText|title=State official: Shooter placed in mental health facility 5 years ago|publisher=CNN|date=2007-12-06|accessdate=2007-12-16}}
28. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nationworld/stories/120607dnnatmallshooting.6e6aa175.html | title= Gunman kills 8, himself at busy Nebraska mall|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2007-12-05|publisher=Dallas Morning News}}
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32. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10203459 |title=HHS says it did its best to treat Hawkins |publisher=Omaha World-Herald |accessdate=2007-12-14 |date=2007-12-07}}
33. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7460467 |title=Friend of mall shooter's ex-girlfriend says she was threatened |publisher=Action 3 News |accessdate=2007-12-06 |date=2007-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209051223/http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7460467# |archive-date=2007-12-09 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3958863&page=1 |title=Police: Omaha Mall Shooter Stepped Off Elevator, Started Firing |publisher=ABC News |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207220504/http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3958863&page=1 |archivedate=December 7, 2007 }}
35. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/newsroom/features/docs/hawkins/timeline.pdf |title=DHHS Care and Custody Timeline for Robert Hawkins |publisher=Nebraska State Department of Health and Human Services |format=pdf |date=2007-12-06 |accessdate=2007-12-14}}
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37. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVYXjOfGYMebpWYh7i02fTan43VQD8TGTGT80 |title=Mother of Mall Shooter Apologizes |agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2007-12-14 |date=2007-12-13 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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39. ^{{cite web|url=https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/mom-of-mall-shooter-says-she-s-responsible/article_50377e0d-10ca-5118-8d7d-2e41b45349b6.html |title=Mom of mall shooter says she's responsible |accessdate=2018-10-21 |date=2009-01-07}}
40. ^[https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/investigation-discovery-presents-exclusive-accounts-of-life-with-a-killer-in-evil-lives-here/ Investigation Discovery Presents Exclusive Accounts of Life with a Killer in Evil Lives Here] Discovery Communications Press Release, December 22, 2015
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