OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Hours before he opened fire on two principals at his high school, a Nebraska teenager calmly accepted a suspension for driving on an athletic field. He went home to speak with his father and some friends - all the while giving no hint of turning violent, police said Thursday.
But after his father left to run errands, 17-year-old Robert Butler Jr. took a handgun from a closet and headed back to the school to confront the administrator who had punished him.
Butler, whose father is a detective for the Omaha Police Department, asked to see the assistant principal and fatally shot her in her office with his father's service weapon. He then wounded the principal and fled before killing himself.
Authorities on Thursday outlined the events that led up to the shooting, which unfolded at Millard South High School on the first day of class after holiday break.
Butler had transferred to Omaha in the fall from a school in Lincoln, about 50 miles away. On New Year's Day, he had been cited for criminal trespassing after driving his car on the school's football field and track, police said.
Butler was called out of class at 8:10 a.m. Wednesday to meet with Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar. The two talked in her office, and he was escorted out of the school at 9:23 a.m., police said.
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4 comments:
There seems to of been alot more wrong in this kids head then just being suspended. He was probably crying out for attention for awhile. I choose to feel bad for the vice principle and her family, not him and his. Why was there no lock on that pistola?
There is no excuse for the weapon not being secure. I just purchased a lock box that I can access with the right code in about three seconds (just as fast as the night stand drawer). There were times in the past, when my teenagers where at home that I just locked them up. The teenage emotional swings are hard to predict...better safe than sorry.
When I was a teen, all my brothers and sisters and I had our shotgun or gun of choice leaning in the clothes closet and boxes of ammo in the sock drawer! They were used for hunting during hunting season, and target practice off season, and we all used the BB gun in the basement and in the neighborhood to kill Army Guys, plastic models, apples, and a starling or three!. God was watching us, and He was also in our school. We never considered using our guns to express anger!
a young driver, seems to been what started the thing. kids and cars do not need to mixed on school property. ride the school bus.
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