Yes, we're very shocked here in Omaha. That boy was apparently well known to the court system, rehab, law enforcement, etc. He'd been a ward of the state and had finally "aged out" of all the services available without really making any progress on his problems. It's very sad.

If you are not familiar with the Von Mauer chain of stores where this happened, they are owned by one family, and treat their employees exceptionally well. Their employees are all the very nicest people. Once I ordered and paid for a pair of shoes that would take six weeks to arrive at the store. One night weeks later, my door bell rang and it was a Von Mauer employee who said she just thought she'd bring them to me on her way home from work.

Most of the victims were store employees.

I hope this doesn't give Omaha a bad name. There are so many wonderful people here, and it's a great place to live.