Hari!!

One of Robert Hawkins’ Last Voicemails, addressed to his mother, Maribel “Molly” Rodriguez. Recorded moments before he then set off to carry out the Westroads Mall Shooting in 2007, killing 8 then ultimately himself.

Robert Hawkins documents

Suicide notes and will Review of juvenile court records

May 3 2002 Richard Young Center staff log May 8 2002 Richard Young Center staff log May 9 2002 Richard Young Center doctor’s note May 10 2002 Richard Young Center staff log May 14 2002 Richard Young Center safety plan September 25 2002 court transcript January 29 2003 court transcript March 19 2003 HHS court report March 26 2003 court transcript September 19 2003 HHS court report September 22 2003 Cooper Village progress report October 20 2003 court transcript March 25 2004 HHS court report + Uta Halee/ Cooper Village progress report August 31 2004 HHS court report September 23 2004 court transcript November 4 2004 court transcript December 17 2004 HHS court report December 22 2004 court transcript April 13 2005 HHS court report + ICCU letter to court April 14 2005 court transcript July 11 2005 HHS court report July 13 2005 court transcript September 2005 Lutheran Family Services monthly report + CID report December 9 2005 HHS court report December 9 2005 Case plan and progress report December 12 2005 court transcript March 28 2006 HHS court report March 29 2006 court transcript April 13 2006 ABH evaluation May 1 2006 court transcript August 17 2006 HHS court report + ABH discharge summary August 18 2006 Letter from father Ronald Hawkins August 21 2006 court transcript

Documentaries, interviews, etc. about Robert Hawkins

Evil Lives Here: Something Is Different About Robbie (2016) Dr. Phil: Omaha Mall Shooting: A Mother’s Guilt (2009) (archived version)

Landlord Debora Maruca-Kovac speaks (starting at 1:33) Debora Maruca-Kovac interview Friends speak Friends Jason and Noah interview “Mall Shooter’s Mother: ‘Dear God, No!‘”

The Shooting

911 calls and CCTV images Jodi Longmeyer full 911 call Another 911 call Westroads Mall surveillance footage, Von Maur main entrance

Hawkins’ path through mall (map) Another description of Hawkins’ path (map) Occurrences around mall during shooting (map)

“Details of Omaha Shooting Emerge” “Police: Nine killed in shooting at Omaha mall, including gunman” “Nebraska Mall Shooter Broke Up With Girlfriend, Lost Job Before Massacre” “Nine dead in Omaha mall shooting” “’I’ll Never Forget The Face,’ Says Witness Of Shooter”

First responder speaks Witness Jodi Longmeyer speaks

Victims

“Profiles of 8 who died in Omaha mall massacre” Injured victim speaks Injured survivor reflects 8 years later 35 Minutes and Counting by survivor Micky Oldham

Aftermath

may 17th - you'd be 38 today, happy birthday robbie!

Robert Hawkins was temporarily placed at an inpatient facility called the Richard Young Center when he was 13-years-old after threatening to kill his step-mother with a knife. He warned, “The only way she will leave the house is in a body bag.” 

During a cognitive behavioral group therapy session the evening of the incident, he thought, “I’m here for no reason, I’m mad,” although he acknowledged, “They think I want to kill my parents.” Furthermore, on one of his intake forms, he listed his three feelings as “Angry to be here, relieved to be away from parents, and confused at why I’m here.”

In the following days, Hawkins remained indecisive about whether he wanted to return home or never step foot in his parents house again, as they explored his relationship with the family, particularly the animosity shown towards his step-mother. He described her as “mean and abusive” and that his father “sides with her everytime.” Hawkins commented she just “hates me so much” and believed it was due to his biological mother, recalling an argument they had when they first met: “I think my step mom thinks I’m just like my mom, that’s why she doesn’t like me.” He made several violent Mother’s Day cards for his stepmother, one with a hangman’s noose on the cover. On the inside, he wrote, “Thank you for not letting me kill myself” and “I tried to love you but I couldn’t.” The cards were confiscated, and in response, he said, “Why, she’s just my step-mom and she knows I hate her.”

Hawkins stated he was “scared” at home because his parents constantly “yell” at him, and he exhibited the same fear about an upcoming family meeting. Instead of facing them, he wished “a car would hit my family on their way here so they wouldn’t come tonight.”

He displayed a noted hopelessness towards the home situation throughout his time at the facility, once commenting, “I used to cry all the time, but now I can’t even cry anymore, I don’t even feel anything.” It was also here that he first expressed fantasies of murder-suicide. He told staff, “If anything happens at home I’ll probably kill my step mom and then kill myself.”