Robert Hawkins

The gunman at Westroads Mall in Omaha was identified as Robert Hawkins. Soon after the shooting, Hawkins' mother handed a note written by Hawkins to police. The note "could be interpreted as suicidal." Hawkins was 19 years old and had been arrested in November. He was due to appear in court this month.

1. Age: 19
2. Died: December 5, 2007
3. Resided: Bellevue, Nebraska
4. Worst mass murder in Nebraska history
5. Weapon was either an SKS or AK-47 assault rifle
6. State of Nebraska spent $265,000 on his psychiatric care during his teens
7. Had been rejected from the Army

• Google News: Robert Hawkins
• FOX News: Mall Gunman Admitted He was Satanic, Attempted Suicide (December 27, 2007)
• CNN.com: Omaha Gunman Attempted Suicide 2 Years Before (December 26, 2007)
• CNN.com: Shooter Placed in Mental Health Facility 5 Years Ago (December 6, 2007)
  • The troubled teen who killed eight people and himself at an Omaha, Nebraska, mall was placed in a mental health treatment center five years ago after making homicidal threats toward his stepmother, a state official said Thursday. Todd Landry, director of the Nebraska Division of Family and Children's Services, described for reporters the laundry list of residential treatment centers and groups and foster homes where Robert Hawkins spent much of his teen years, because of his behavioral and psychiatric problems.
• Guardian Unlimited: "Profile: US mall killer Robert Hawkins" (December 6, 2007)
• Des Moines Register: "Gunman May Have Smuggled Weapon in Shirt" (December 6, 2007)
• CNN.com: Mall shooter's suicide note: Now I'll be famous (December 6, 2007)
• CNN.com: Nine killed in shooting at Omaha mall, including gunman (December 5, 2007)
• International Herald Tribune: "Man with rifle opens fire in Omaha mall..." (December 5, 2007)
  • Robert Hawkins had been kicked out of his family's house, fired from McDonald's and had broken up with his girlfriend.
• KETV Omaha: Suspect Identified As Bellevue Man, 19 (December 5, 2007)
  • A friend of Hawkins...said Hawkins had been on antidepressants. He was staying with friends in Quail Creek, the friend said, and he said Hawkins had recently begun bouncing from job to job and making "some bad judgement calls." [The friend] said he was shocked to hear it was the man he calls "Robbie." [He] said he had heard through the grapevine on Wednesday that Robbie was suicidal.
• FOXNews: "Gunman Kills Eight, Then Kills Himself, at Omaha Shopping Mall" (December 5, 2007)
• MSNBC: Gunman kills 8, self at Omaha mall (December 5, 2007)
  • The shooter...had a police record and served seven days in jail for disorderly conduct last year, police told WOWT-TV. Witnesses told WOWT-TV that the shooter pointed a gun over a third-floor railing and opened fire.
• Video: Teen Fired from Mc Donald's, Kills 8 in Mall Shooting Spree! (Time 1:40)

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