Today in History – Dec. 5: Eight people, shooter die in incident at Omaha’s Westroads Mall

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – On this day in 2007, one of Omaha’s darkest days, a mass shooting occurred at Westroads Mall.

It was just after lunch on a Wednesday when a 19-year-old dressed in camouflage and armed with a rifle stormed into Von Maur, took the elevator to the third floor and started shooting.

He killed eight people, seriously injuring five more, before killing himself…

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