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| Gun rampage US teen 'wanted fame' |
| A teenager who shot dead eight people in a US shopping centre before killing himself wrote in a suicide note that he wanted to be famous
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-December-2007
10:8:9 AM |
| A teenager who shot dead eight people in a US shopping centre before killing himself wrote in a suicide note that he wanted to be famous
Hawkins struck as the centre was crowded with Christmas shoppers, and witnesses spoke of people screaming and scrambling to find safe shelter.
Five people were wounded, two of them critically.
In a statement, President George W Bush - who visited Omaha earlier in the day for a fundraiser - said he was "deeply saddened" by the shootings.
Hiding
The shooting took place inside the upmarket Von Maur department store at the Westroads Mall.
Police were called at about 1400 local time (2000 GMT), after receiving a call from inside, said Sgt Teresa Negron
Witnesses said the gunman fired down on shoppers from a balcony on the third floor of the Von Maur store, using what police said was an SKS rifle to shoot at random.
By the time police arrived at the scene six minutes later, the shooting was over, she said.
Jeff Schaffart was shot in the arm as he spent his lunch break shopping with his wife, Reuters news agency reported. He said he hid in a Von Maur women's bathroom, using his tie as a tourniquet to slow the bleeding.
"I was obviously very fortunate. Not a lot of people were so fortunate today," said Mr Schaffart
up, and the shooter reached over the top on the third floor and shot the guy in the head."
Another woman also described seeing the gunman on the attack.
"I went around and then I saw the guy in the children's department," she said.
"Big tall guy, real tall and he just stood there with his arm like this, his hand straight up in the air, shooting. And then I turned and ran."
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