Westroads Mall shooting
| Von Maur shooting at Westroads Mall | |
|---|---|
Police cars cordoned in front of the Von Maur department store building | |
| Location | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Date | December 5, 2007 1:43 – 1:49 p.m. CST (UTC−06:00) |
| Target | Customers at Von Maur department store in Westroads Mall |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | WASR-10 7.62×39mm semi-automatic rifle |
| Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 5 (4 from gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Robert Arthur Hawkins |
On December 5, 2007, 19-year-old Robert Hawkins shot and killed eight people and wounded five others in a Von Maur department store at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, before committing suicide by fatally shooting himself. It was the deadliest mass murder in Nebraska since the rampage of Charles Starkweather in 1958.