Teen killer 'calm' throughout shootings
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January 8, 2011, Saturday
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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 on Thursday.
But after his father left to run errands, 17-year-old Robert Butler Jr took a handgun from a closet and returned 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 have outlined the events that led to the shooting, which unfolded at Millard South High School on the first day back after the holiday break.
Butler had transferred to Omaha in the fall from a school in Lincoln, about 80 kilometers 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 8:10am on Wednesday to meet with Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar. The two talked in her office, and he was then escorted out of the school at 9:23am, police revealed.
Butler returned to the school at 12:45pm, but he still did not seem upset and even took the time to sign in at the administrative office, asking to see Kaspar again.
Police said he had been in her office for about four minutes with the door closed before he shot and killed her. Butler then crossed a hallway and shot Principal Curtis Case, he survived.
The teenager then left the school and police were notified. Butler was later found in his car, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
But after his father left to run errands, 17-year-old Robert Butler Jr took a handgun from a closet and returned 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 have outlined the events that led to the shooting, which unfolded at Millard South High School on the first day back after the holiday break.
Butler had transferred to Omaha in the fall from a school in Lincoln, about 80 kilometers 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 8:10am on Wednesday to meet with Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar. The two talked in her office, and he was then escorted out of the school at 9:23am, police revealed.
Butler returned to the school at 12:45pm, but he still did not seem upset and even took the time to sign in at the administrative office, asking to see Kaspar again.
Police said he had been in her office for about four minutes with the door closed before he shot and killed her. Butler then crossed a hallway and shot Principal Curtis Case, he survived.
The teenager then left the school and police were notified. Butler was later found in his car, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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