Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Shooting at an Omaha Mall

What at terrible time of the year to lose loved ones! Prayers for the families and friends who lost loved ones in this terrible act of violence.

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.