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Omaha Gunman Spent Four Years in Treatment Centers

HeadlineDec 07, 2007

More information has been revealed about the teenage gunman who shot dead eight people at a shopping mall Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska. State officials say nineteen-year-old Robert Hawkins spent four years in a series of treatment centers, group homes and foster care after he threatened to kill his stepmother five years ago. Hawkins was released from state care in 2006. Officials say court records do not show why Hawkins was released.

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