Omaha high school student kills assistant principal, wounds principal

Jan. 6, 2011
17-year-old subsequently takes his own life

From The Omaha World-Herald: An assistant principal at an Omaha high school was shot to death and the principal was seriously wounded after a student who had been suspended returned to campus to seek revenge. The student then fled from the school and was found dead a short time later from a self-inflicted gunshot. Robert Butler, Jr., 17, had been suspended for driving across a school football field. He came to assistant principal Vicki Butler office Wednesday with a handgun. and fatally shot the 58-year-old administrator. He then fired shot Principal Curtis Case.

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