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• 19-year-old Robert Hawkins killed eight people when he opened fire in an Omaha shopping mall on December 5, 2007. Hawkins wrote a letter before the incident.

• Fast Facts

  1. Five women, three men and Hawkins diedKETV: Portraits of Victims Emerge
  2. Five others were woundedUSA Today: "Two Dead, 5 Wounded at Omaha Mall" (December 5, 2007)
  3. Victims killed were aged 24-67KETV: Portraits of Victims Emerge
  4. Most of the dead were mall employeesKETV: Portraits of Victims Emerge
  5. Hawkins entered the mall at 1: 30 PM and returned later with a weaponCNN: Mall Shooter's Suicide Note: "I've Just Snapped"
  6. Weapon was an AK-47 assault rifle
  7. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
  8. Mall was locked down after the shooting
  9. Incident was the worst shooting in Nebraska since 1958MSNBC: Gunman Kills 8, Self at Omaha Mall
  10. In '58, Charles Starkweather shot and killed ten in NebraskaMSNBC: Gunman Kills 8, Self at Omaha Mall

• Suicide Note

  Police found a suicide note written by Hawkins in which he apologized to friends and family.

  "I never meant to hurt all of you so much and I don't blame any one of you for disowning me. I just can't be a burden to you and my friends any longer."CNN: Mall Shooter's Suicide Note: "I've Just Snapped"

  "I've just snapped. I can't take this meaningless existence anymore."CNN: Mall Shooter's Suicide Note: "I've Just Snapped"

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