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By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
(12-05) 15:08 PST Omaha, Neb. (AP) --
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
That last bit is more shocking than the killings. Thats alot of people :o
12-06-2007, 12:27 AM
Time to blame games again for random killings... Post #2
"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
Kevin?
12-06-2007, 12:30 AM
Time to blame games again for random killings... Post #5
KUWAIT : The Court of Cassation Tuesday set Jan 15, 2008 to issue a verdict in a case of a Kuwaiti man, identified as Mohammed F., who has been convicted of premeditatedly murdering his friend in Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On Jan 30, 2007, the Criminal Court had sentenced the man to capital punishment. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the Court of Appeals.
During the session defense attorney Dr Fayez Al-Dhafeeri, told the court his client should be held responsible for his acts because he had committed the crime when he was under the influence of alcohol. He also requested the court to show maximum leniency towards the man.
Case papers indicate the accused, who is a student, lived in Hafr Al-Batin with his sister. A few days before the murder, he allegedly met the victim and both men drank alcohol. The victim under the influence of alcohol is said to have sodomized the accused. He wanted to do it again and if refused he threatened to inform his family and friends about the whole affair.
The suspect pretended to oblige and met the victim at a Salmi border checkpoint. On that day also they drank alcohol and when the victim made advances to have sex with the accused, the latter put a condition that he wanted to have sex with the victim first.
The victim agreed and let the suspect do it. After having sex, he stabbed the victim with a knife.
The accused then drove to his sister's home washed his hands and changed his clothes. He drove back to Kuwait and narrated the incident to his elder brother, who accompanied him to the Ardhiya Police Station and surrendered to the authorities.
Yeah basically at least he gave some bum sex before stabbing the dude.
12-06-2007, 12:38 AM
Time to blame games again for random killings... Post #10
Time to blame games again for random killings... 
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