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A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off
panic among holiday shoppers, the police said.
"The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from selfinflicted gunshot wounds," Sgt.
Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news. "We have been able to clear
the mall," she said. "We don't believe we have any other shooters." The police said that at least five
other people had been injured in the shootings.
She did not give the shooter's identity. "We are still conducting the investigation," Sergeant Negron
said, adding that the city's mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha. She said the
police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and
shots could be heard in the background. The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after
the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over.
It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives. A law
enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity (匿名) said the note indicated that the
gunman wanted to "go out in style".
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping. The gunman was said by some
witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd. Some customers and workers ran screaming from
the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter.
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores. Others
streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised. The president was in Omaha this morning to deliver
a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.
1. Where did the news about the shooting first come out?
A. On a newspaper.
B. On the Internet.
C. On TV.
D. In a police poster.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home.
B. The city's mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place.
C. Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers.
D. The gunman fired two shots into a crowd.
3. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. there is more than one shooter in this event
B. the shooting didn't trouble the customers much
C. an important holiday is coming soon
D. the president came to the scene soon after the shooting
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the news?
A. Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
B. Shoppers in Great Panic before the Holiday
C. The President Happened to Escape a Shot
D. Shooter Found Dead in a Mall on the West of Omaha
