Friday, January 7, 2011

Millard South High School Shooting



A high school student shot his principal and was later found dead this afternoon in an incident at Millard South High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

On January 5,  the shooter entered the front office at Millard South High School, firing four to five shots. The gunman shot two people, Principal Curtis and Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar. They were taken to the hospital, Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar has died. Principal Curtis’s case is still in danger but in stable condition.

Jake Bettin, a police officer in Omaha, confirmed that the shooter was a student at Millard South High School. His body was found in a car after the incident.

The investigation is going on and the school is closed. The  students are safe inside the building and that police have full control. Neighboring schools have been dismissed as a precautionary measure.

The shooter is identified as Robert Butler Jr., 17 years old. Before shooting, he yelled at the students to get in the kitchen.

He warned in a Facebook post on the same day of the attack that people would hear about the "evil" things he did and said the school drove him to violence.

"Everybody that used to know me I'm sry but Omaha changed me and (expletive) me up. and the school I attend is even worse ur gonna here about the evil (expletive) I did but that (expletive) school drove me to this. I wont u guys to remember me for who I was b4 this ik. I greatly affected the lives of the families ruined but I'm sorry. goodbye."

The reason of provocation of the young lad is not yet known.

Update:  

The reason the 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at his Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal is, he had been suspended from class and removed from the building hours earlier for driving on an athletic field, police said Thursday.

Robert Butler Jr. was escorted out of Millard South High School on Wednesday morning. A few hours later, he returned and shot both the assistant principal and the principal before fleeing and killing himself, police said.

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