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This file concerns the December 5, 2007 mass shooting at the Von Maur store in Omaha's Westroads Mall by Robert A. Hawkins. The FBI assisted the Omaha Police Department, which remained the lead agency, with interviews, evidence response, victim assistance, tactical support, and assessment of possible terrorism links. A December 6 FBI communication records that Hawkins killed eight people, wounded five, and then killed himself; it states that Omaha found no terrorism nexus and opened the matter under a serial-killing classification as a repository for bureau records. Released material includes witness FD-302 interview reports from mall employees and patrons, an internet tip concerning a 4chan post claiming responsibility and referring to beating Cho's high score, and leads to identify the poster. The records span the December 2007 response, with a 2019 import-form cover sheet for the released file.

FBI file number: 4-OM-51835 | Documents span: 2007-2019 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Robert Arthur Hawkins
Subjects: Westroads Mall shooting, Von Maur, mass shooting, FBI interviews, internet tip, 4chan