Millard South shooter dead; principal injured

[Supply Side Jesus]

Source: Omaha World-Herald

The Millard South High student who allegedly shot his principal and an assistant principal Wednesday afternoon was the son of an Omaha police detective.

Robert Butler Jr. was found dead in a car about 1:30 p.m. after Principal Curtis Case and Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar were shot inside the school.

Case was listed mid-afternoon in serious but stable condition at Creighton University Medical Center.
Kaspar was in critical condition at Creighton.

Robert was the son of Omaha Police Det. Robert Butler. The younger Butler's body was found in a red Honda Accord in the 3900 block of South 147th St. Authorities requested an ambulance for the suspect.


Read more: http://omaha.com/article/20110105/NEWS97/110109863#millard-south-shooter-dead-principal-injured

[sharesunited]

1. There's your 2nd Amendment.

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[Plucketeer]

3. Yup..

Of course, had everybody been packin'.............. :crazy:





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[Lex1775]

4. If this statement is true:

"A person familiar with the investigation said it is believed Robert used his father's Glock."
Then I would say "There goes the argument that only police and the military should be allowed to own weapons"

[Rainbowreflect]

5. His father is a police officer.

[RantinRavin]

14. I assume you blame the fork

for people being overweight.

[DeSwiss]

15. Of course.

Because everyone KNOWS that food could NEVER be consumed without those criminal FORKS around.

- Really, you guys need to work on your comebacks.

[Paladin]

22. Get Back To Us When There's A National Fork Association....

...with the Supreme Court and a good part of Congress in its hip pocket. Then we'll take your goofy-assed comparison seriously.....

[RSillsbee]

40. How's this for a goofy comparison

I graduated from Millard in 1984. same school but when I went there some of the kids actually brought their shotguns to school in the back of their cars so they could go across the street to a huge cornfield and hunt pheasant before school. They locked the guns in their cars before coming to class and no one thought much of it.

Same school , much more deadly weapon and no deaths (except the pheasants)

The problem isn't the guns. ( to paraphrase Clinton) It's the people stupid

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[Midwest_Doc]

6. School shooter dead; principal injured

Source: Omaha-World Herald

The Millard South High student who shot his principal and an assistant principal Wednesday afternoon was the son of an Omaha police detective.

Robert Butler Jr. was found dead in a car about 1:30 p.m. after Principal Curtis Case and Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar were shot inside the school.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110105/NEWS97/110109863#millard-south-shooter-dead-principal-injured

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Another school shooting.

[rfranklin]

7. wonder if that weapon was a Christmas present...

or maybe borrowed from Dad's gun safe?

[hlthe2b]

8. Tragic...

only compounded by the constant harangue of those who want MORE guns, LESS controls, NO regulation.

I hope the Principal and their assistant Principal recovery fully.

[beevul]

21. Whom exactly?

"constant harangue of those who want MORE guns, LESS controls, NO regulation."

Whom exactly is it that wants NO regulations? If as you say, its a "constant harangue", it shouldn't be hard to show some evidence.

OTOH, even the eeeevul nra isnt for "NO regulation".

Some clarification may be in order.

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[RSillsbee]

39. The assistant principal died last night NT

[MineralMan]

9. I do wish these shooters who plan to kill themselves

would do that first, before shooting others.

[trud]

12. MoneralMan

My thought also any number of times.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. It sounds like the children of police officers are a bit whack.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-sanford-police-homeless-attack-20110103,0,7175744.story

[Rainbowreflect]

11. This is a very sad situation.

The father was on his way to the school when he heard that it was his son.
My secretary and her husband are friends with this family and they are good people.
We as a society need to do more for our children so they don't feel driven to hurt themselves or others.

[Tansy_Gold]

16. Thank you. Compassion is so often in short supply around here.

[hlthe2b]

18. what an incredibly difficult burdon to carry...

The tragic suicide of their son would be bad enough... I fear they will never stop second-guessing themselves. I hope they find peace.

[Rainbowreflect]

19. I think people should and can have enough compassion

for all the victims, the people who were shot, their family and friends, the family and friends of this young man who hurt others and took his own life and for a young soul who felt he had no options.
Instead of blame, insults and using this tragedy to push agendas, maybe we could look for solutions to help all our children and young adults have more hope.

[hlthe2b]

20. I think we need to be compassionate, but also wait on the facts...

to come out. It is hard to know what solutions we need until the problem is defined.

[raccoon]

37. Or maybe some of these children need to learn that they aren't the center of the universe. nt

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[DeSwiss]

17. K&R

So sad.

[Mark Maker]

25. Omaha Vice Principal Dies After School Shooting

Source: ABC News

Omaha police say a vice principal who was shot by a student has died at a hospital.

Police say 58-year-old Vicki Kaspar died Wednesday night, hours after she was shot at Millard South High School.


Police say 17-year-old Robert Butler also wounded the school's principal before fatally shooting himself. Butler's was found dead about a mile from the school.


An undated photo shows Millard South high school student Robert Butler Jr. Butler

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12551783

[hlthe2b]

26. Ah, damn...

What can one say about such a tragedy? May the families find the love and support they need and deserve at this time.

[Tansy_Gold]

27. So sad.

So damn sad.

[applegrove]

28. I wonder where he got the gun.

[CatFancy55]

29. One likelihood

"The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday..."

[sharesunited]

31. Are you implying that the son used the father's service weapon?

No, pretty sure gots to be purely a 2nd Amendment killing.

[RSillsbee]

33. Zero points awarded

for advancing your agenda on the dead bodies of murder victims

[whogasa736]

34. Did not being punished for his Bad Behavior

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110105/NEWS97/110109863

A school security camera had caught the 17-year-old senior — who transferred to the school this past fall — driving across a school football field. Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar informed him of his penalty: a 19-day suspension.


Butler's father is Robert Butler Sr., an Omaha police detective. Omaha police officials released no details on the handgun that the young Butler used, though The World-Herald has been told it was his father's Glock .40, a common police service weapon.

[Kolesar]

32. The Hidden Life of Guns

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/guns/

[TheMadMonk]

30. Is there any hint of what actually upset him?

His final Facebook update certainly tells us he held these two responsible. But exactly what for?

[Brickbat]

35. He was unhappy about a 19-day suspension for driving across an atheltic field.

Nineteen days, I have to say, seems like a long time for that, and for a first-time offense. Nothing justifies the shooting, of course.

[Rainbowreflect]

36. Maybe he was being bullied by the jocks.

And that is why he wanted to damage an athletic field.
New kid in school and all that entails.
We may never know.

[dogfacedboy]

38. I'd have tossed his punk ass out of school for that. Destruction of property.