Omaha, Neb., School Shooting: Teen Leaves Family and Friends a Facebook Post

Parents and friends are saying that they can't make sense of why Robert Butler Jr. would open fire at his Omaha, Neb., high school. But Butler, 17, said he was having a hard time at school and that the recent move to Omaha had changed him. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History…

Parents and friends are saying that they can't make sense of why Robert Butler Jr. would open fire at his Omaha, Neb., high school. But Butler, 17, said he was having a hard time at school and that the recent move to Omaha had changed him.

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"Everybody that used to know me I'm [sorry] but Omaha changed me and [expletive] me up. and the school I attend is even worse ur gonna here about the evil [expletive] I did but that [expletive] school drove me to this. I wont u guys to remember me for who I was b4 this ik. I greatly affected the lives of the families ruined but I'm sorry," he said on his Facebook post.

Butler shot Millard South High School's principal and vice principal and later killed himself. Vice Principal Vicki Kaspar died Wednesday evening at the hospital, and the principal is still in serious condition.

Read more about this story at the New York Daily News.

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