@ArizAlly of course we say alleged because he shoud be proven guilty before declared the gunman. Even in this situation the person is innocent until proven guilty
Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Kip Kinkel, Cho, Robert Hawkins, and the Unabomber all took antidepressants. Pretty ironic, considering the name of the drug.
"alleged" gunman? Really? LOL. Okay. I guess a suicide note, surveillance video and eye witnesses are not enough. We still say "alleged" to be politically correct.
pssst...this guy was THE gunman. No alleged about it.
This is what happens when you treat people like shit, and then they go home and their parents beat them, leave you homeless, and then disown you for a second time. He was a good kid, but no one gave a fuck about him, hence shooting out a mall for vengeance against humanity.
Just another wackjob from America with a gun, when are you guys going to bring in proper gun laws. Giving you guys a bad name and there's no denying it.
@philly442 Don't live in America but here in Australia it's basically impossible because no one has the guns. So no one can hand around guns because the laws are tough.
You hear cases like that all the time. I read one in the paper a few years ago in which a man on a greyhound actually went and decapitated the person sitting next to him. Why? Because he heard the devil telling him to do so. The person sitting next to him was sleeping and had no relations to him prior. There are so many in cases in which the corruption of the psychosis leads a person to this point. Lol the mind is interesting...
I think that you could never ever understand his motives or intentions unless you were in his shoes. Our mind is incapable of understand situations or scenarios that are beyond our experience. I do understand that you say nothing could justify his actions, however insanity really does that to people. Why else do we have asylums? Why are people who are mentally unstable tried differently than others? It's because they are not rational in their decisions as in they are not thinking straight.
insanity does, did you not get that or? the people that were killed did not deserve to die, and he was wrong to take their lives.the reason he did was not because he hated them. he did it because there was something wrong with him. how do you not understand?
i agree, in that moment killing him would have been safest. but telling me that killing people is life is not anything i will believe. We wouldn't have had to kill him if he got the help he needed before this.
@kilox10001 so life is killing people? how we know? we never tried. im not asking for a change of heart i'm asking for them to get the help they need.
@kilox10001 i don't think killing someone will ever be the right thing but yes if he was harming other people the police should have taken the precautionary steps in making him stop. the point i'm trying to make is that he should have gotten help before this and he didn't. i'm not saying stopping him from killing innocent people is the wrong thing.
exactly, he should have gotten help before it came to that, no one's life is more valuable or even less than anyone else. He died too though, he shot himself. I will never be convinced that he did this to be famous or to get attention, he did this because in his mind, for some reason, he thought it would end it all. it would be over. sadly, it was for him and all of the innocent people he killed.
well no, he shouldn't have been shot, he should have gotten help. that's obvious. and you know shooting him would have made sense at that time because he had a gun and was shooting people but in the long run all he needed was medication and therapy.
rules of reason do not apply. a normal person would not behave this way. a person with a mental illness does not plan a killing spree a sociopath does..wish people would stop making excuses for unnaceptable behavior with " he is sick you cant punish a person for that" he was sick alright.. but not from a sickness that can be corrected.
the victims here were the ones he shot the ones that he killed and the families he destroyed in the process of his selfish attempt to become infamous..so although you empathize with the mentally ill, it doesnt apply to him..
he took the time to plan this out and that itself tosses any mental illness defense right out the window because he was competent enough to plan it out and knew what he was doing when he did it .. he even stat6ed in his three page letter he was going out in style and he was gonna be f@#$ing famous!! so he bragged about it before he did it. I don't have any empathy for him. and he was so pumped up on valium alprazolan at the time so obviously professional help was not working..
nothing about anything of this is funny. doesn't matter if they are young or old, it is horrific and completely sad. i can't handle going into von maur til this day. i know where everything happened and stand in the angle he shot people or go in an area where people were killed. i just can't handle being in there.
He had mental problems,but doesnt half of our population have mental problems? And yea his parents treated him like hell BUT that doesnt give him the reason to go and kill innocent victims,he should have gone for help.There are professionals that care, and people that care. A friend of mine was treated worse than him, his parents abbandoned my friend.My friend got help and now he is married and lives happy.So dont give me this shit that he couldnt find help people!! He was selfish and a coward.
Why are you protecting him there are other ways ti solving problems not killing others and even suicide and i think i would be more scarred to hear gunshots at a mall im in than get called names and or beat up i dont even know
do you not get that he did this because he was mentally unstable? i can understand how you would blame him for the shooting and yea, what he did was wrong but there was a lot more behind this than just a kid who went to the mall and shot people.
@ameliapas i do understand that but it dosnt change the fact that he was evil i have worked with children who are mentally unstable. i feel bad he had the life he did but it dosnt change the fact that he is a horriable person
he did a bad thing, a horrible thing. I still don't believe he did it because he was a bad kid. He wouldn't have done it if he wasn't having mental issues that were going untreated, i assume you agree. A 16 year old just doesn't go into a mall and shoot people if there is nothing wrong with him.
@ameliapas ahh u look at it like "he wouldnt have done it if he were normal" but he did it and it was wrong. do u feel bad for hitler he had a form of schizophrenia...... " he wasnt a bad guy he was just sick". what about jeffery dahmer he had psychosis. just because someone is sick dosnt mean there not bad people
I can understand that but, you can't ask to me believe he was a bad kid. he was sick and that has nothing to do with being a bad person, you can't blame him for that. i don't think that a kid would just walk into a mall and shoot people. a 16 yr old wouldn't do that if there was nothing wrong. a middle-aged man just doesn't kill a bunch of people if there is nothing wrong with thim. what they did was wrong but if they would have gotten help it would have been a different story.
well it makes it better than if he did it for the fun of it. you think he would do this if he was a normal kid with no problems? no. so yea it makes it a little more understandable.
@ameliapas there was also a lot wrong mentally with the virginia tech and columbine shooters. this is what happens when parents neglect their children and dont pay attention to what they are doing....
excuse me? i could not give less of a fuck about this kids troubles. hes a gutless little cunt, and if he was still alive, i would fucking mutilate the little cunts body and feed it to him. innocent people died because of this ruthless fucker. regardless of his issues, he was a messed up little cunt.
okay, well obviously he was "messed up" and that was the reason he did this. and telling me you would mutilate his body and feed it to him makes me think that if your willing to kill someone that your no better. even saying your going to is bad. he needed help that he didn't get. we both know that. people died because he didn't get the help he needed, not because he just decided to shoot some people one day.
sorry mate, but youre wrong. people don't do this kind of thing due to a 'condition.' a common side effect of depression or schizophrenia is not fucking mass murder. this guy was fucked from the get go, and if you believe otherwise, fankly, you're wrong. he murdered god knows how many people, of course i'd be willing to kill the cunt. wouldnt you? doesn't mean im going to act upon it. please do not try to justify his actions.
yes they do, you may not have, but i've seen multiple cases where someone is mentally insane and they murder someone they love even. I would not be willing to "kill the cunt" he needed help and that's that. before this, if he got help, it wouldn't have had to come to that.
@krugger911 and you would know this how? many people consider doing this, even put a gun to their head, and they are not beyond the state of help. he needed help and i will not believe that he should have been killed. maybe at this moment, because he was harming people and himself. but not after of before this.
you're so naive. i bet you're very religious. you love to believe everyone has the best in them. Well no, due to his fucked up childhood, and the issues he was born with, he would have needed COUNTLESS years in a mental asylum to fix him. you say many people consider doing this - do you live under a rock? MANY people? there's a big difference between suicide and mass murder. he was beyond help, that is indisputable. people don't just plan and execute mass murder...
@krugger911 what gives you the right to tell me what i should believe? maybe countless years in a mental institution is what he needed. there isn't that big of a difference, either way your contemplating murder. People with obvious problems plan and execute murder, you're obviously the one who is naive to think that he was beyond help. i'm not that religious and why would that matter? I think what i think because that's what i believe, it has nothing to do with you.
@ameliapas I never said he was born beyond help (though he was born completely messed up), im saying that at this point, he WAS beyond help. MAYBE, just maybe, if they chucked him in an asylum when he was about 6 (which is essentially a jail) for 25 years, he may have recovered. I'm hardly contemplating murder bud, i'm saying that to commit this horrifying act is enough to envoke a sense of bloodthirst in my head. if he killed my family or friends, youd be damn sure id kill him.
so, what your saying by telling me you'd kill him, is that your like him... your thinkign about killing someone... no, at this point, before he killed himself, he was NOT beyond help, on trial, they would have sent him to an institution, they wouldn't have sentenced him to death or put him in jail, he needed help and that's pretty obvious. so i don't plan on believing he was beyond help.
how can you be so sure they would not have killed this despicable fucker? makes me cringe just thinking about the selfishness and cowardice of this act. i am merely saying that no condition corrupts the mind like this - you NEED to be a sadistic, fucked up bastard to even think about committing this, let alone even executing it... he needed help, but my friend, that ship sailed many years ago. at this stage, he's no worse than Ivan Milat.
@krugger911 "no condition corrupts the mind like this" what? Insanity and severe depression corrupts a mind to this point. i have no doubt that he would have been killed at this moment, he was killing people, and that's why we have police officers, to protect people. there's no arguing that, after this, yes he could have gotten help.
your comment makes no sense... YES, no condition corrupts the mind like this, he was a sadistic bloodthirsty fuck, depression doesn't do that, get your head out of your ass.
@IbeJigsaw disrespectful? i didn't say, "thank god those people are dead and thank god he did that.' i said that there was plenty wrong with him. and it's true.
just because he used an ak rather than a shotgun doesnt necessarily mean the song wasnt based off of the event. they could have changed it simply to make the song sound better or even so that people would assume that they arent talking about this particular event in order to not give any popularity to the psycho.
To anyone who actually looked at the lyrics and still think it's about him: you're dumb. Wont tell you his plan -He told people his plan before doing it. 6 shooter (revolver)-used an AK47 not a revolver. All the other KIDS- He shot 0 kids. All adults
Am I one of the only ppl who understands that this was really sad?? And that the song Pumped Up Kicks was made for this same exact moment? Why are you idiots quoting the song and making smiley faces? Its not something to smile and laugh about
As a proud citizen of Omaha, I will never forget this day...and how truly tragic it was. Almost four years later, and the tragedy still haunts the people of our city. My heart goes out to all of the families and friends of all of those who were lost on that fateful day. <3
@annabellebp yeah, i'm sorry for starting that up actually all of the comments are just random lines from people whoring for likes, i genuinely thought mine was funny/ironic at the time and i guess people agreed . the 200 like is pretty cool though! ^-^
Its funny because robert never killed any kids or teenagers they were old people or mid aged so idk why the song says all the other kids with the pumped up kicks
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK Cause they ran like fuck because hearing gun shots makes you want to run like fuck because you dont want to die. Or they had nice shoes!
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK because the song isnt about this. the song is about a teenager thats about to shoot the people with trendy "pumped up kicks" and if they try to run they wont run faster than bullets which is the chorus. theres more to it look it up on google.
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run faster than my bullets"...
Why I think pumped up kicks isn't about Robert Hawkins
"He won't tell you his plan"
He told 4chan his plan before doing it
"Yeah found a six-shooter gun"
Which is a revolver... not an AK47 which Robert used.
"All the other kids with your pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, out run my gun"
Robert didn't shoot any kids. There's nothing that said he had intentions to kill kids either. If he wanted to shoot kids he didn't like he would have done it at school.
Yes, he did take innocent lives but there must be a reason for it. People with an average life or perfect mental health wouldn't do this. Besides, we don't even know why he did this or how he felt at that time. Have you guys ever put yourself in his shoes? He probably doesn't even think the same way everyone does.
@ArizAlly of course we say alleged because he shoud be proven guilty before declared the gunman. Even in this situation the person is innocent until proven guilty
AR1STONE 3 days ago
Amazing! It's as if security knew it was going to happen! They focus on Robert.
kroovyandcal 4 days ago
my cousin lives in omaha and she knew this kid before this happened she said he got dumped by his girlfriend and also fired from his job the same day
mastertgf1 2 weeks ago
@mastertgf1 Nah, you read that on Wikipedia. Nice try though.
Anterlyful 3 days ago
@ASteelKiwi
NEVAR FORGET.
TylerP97 2 weeks ago
Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, Kip Kinkel, Cho, Robert Hawkins, and the Unabomber all took antidepressants. Pretty ironic, considering the name of the drug.
@ASteelKiwi
NEVAR FORGET.
TylerP97 2 weeks ago
"alleged" gunman? Really? LOL. Okay. I guess a suicide note, surveillance video and eye witnesses are not enough. We still say "alleged" to be politically correct.
pssst...this guy was THE gunman. No alleged about it.
ArizAlly 2 weeks ago 2
His motive was, to not be a Candy-Ass.
ASteelKiwi 3 weeks ago
The day OP delivered.
ASteelKiwi 3 weeks ago
Robbie got a quick hand...
gust504tavo 3 weeks ago
On the 8th day of christmas, Robert gave to me, a new song to sing...
PartTimeZombeh 3 weeks ago 2
People dance and sing to the song about this... its just crazy.
ilovejb5789 3 weeks ago 2
(however many people disliked this) were the other kids with the pumped up kicks
Justray150 3 weeks ago
all the other kids with the pump up kicks, better run better run, outrun my gun, all the other kids better run better run outrun my bullet
takaKizne007 3 weeks ago
This is what happens when you treat people like shit, and then they go home and their parents beat them, leave you homeless, and then disown you for a second time. He was a good kid, but no one gave a fuck about him, hence shooting out a mall for vengeance against humanity.
desimateee 3 weeks ago
pumped up kicks
Dlow1530 1 month ago
anyone see the grim reaper in the beginning?
VAMF0productions 1 month ago
@VAMF0productions All I saw was some 19 year old cock sucker with mommy-daddy issues.
ShaiqNBaiq5464 1 month ago
Robert’s got a quick hand.
He’ll look around the room, he won’t tell you his plan.
He’s got a rolled cigarette, hanging out of his mouth he’s a cowboy kid.
Yeah he found a six shooter gun.
In his dads closet hidden in a box of fun things, and I don’t even know what.
But he’s coming for you, yeah he’s coming for you.
jbonious91 1 month ago 34
@jbonious91 None of those People are wearing pumped up Kicks, nor is he smoking a cigarette.
ShaiqNBaiq5464 1 month ago
@jbonious91 thats the song pump up kicks.
aaaaaaaaaaaadddd 3 weeks ago
@jbonious91
Sadly they couldn't outrun his gun.
God Bless the victims.
SwizzieTV 1 week ago
Just another wackjob from America with a gun, when are you guys going to bring in proper gun laws. Giving you guys a bad name and there's no denying it.
WBFC1995 1 month ago
@WBFC1995 you're stupid shut the fuck up its not that hard to buy a gun off the street
philly442 1 month ago
@philly442 Don't live in America but here in Australia it's basically impossible because no one has the guns. So no one can hand around guns because the laws are tough.
WBFC1995 1 month ago
You hear cases like that all the time. I read one in the paper a few years ago in which a man on a greyhound actually went and decapitated the person sitting next to him. Why? Because he heard the devil telling him to do so. The person sitting next to him was sleeping and had no relations to him prior. There are so many in cases in which the corruption of the psychosis leads a person to this point. Lol the mind is interesting...
sUpaBEANZ 1 month ago
I think that you could never ever understand his motives or intentions unless you were in his shoes. Our mind is incapable of understand situations or scenarios that are beyond our experience. I do understand that you say nothing could justify his actions, however insanity really does that to people. Why else do we have asylums? Why are people who are mentally unstable tried differently than others? It's because they are not rational in their decisions as in they are not thinking straight.
sUpaBEANZ 1 month ago 24
better run, better run. Outrun my gun.
REDsardINE21 1 month ago 3
insanity does, did you not get that or? the people that were killed did not deserve to die, and he was wrong to take their lives.the reason he did was not because he hated them. he did it because there was something wrong with him. how do you not understand?
ameliapas 1 month ago 2
My stomach hurts after seeing these people run in terror,
HeyItsTyler2000 1 month ago
For a moment there I thought he was wearing a trench coat.
WHATJaz 1 month ago
all the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run........
MKim2154 1 month ago
@kilox10001
i agree, in that moment killing him would have been safest. but telling me that killing people is life is not anything i will believe. We wouldn't have had to kill him if he got the help he needed before this.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@kilox10001 so life is killing people? how we know? we never tried. im not asking for a change of heart i'm asking for them to get the help they need.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@kilox10001 i will never ever think that way.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@kilox10001 i don't think killing someone will ever be the right thing but yes if he was harming other people the police should have taken the precautionary steps in making him stop. the point i'm trying to make is that he should have gotten help before this and he didn't. i'm not saying stopping him from killing innocent people is the wrong thing.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@kilox10001
exactly, he should have gotten help before it came to that, no one's life is more valuable or even less than anyone else. He died too though, he shot himself. I will never be convinced that he did this to be famous or to get attention, he did this because in his mind, for some reason, he thought it would end it all. it would be over. sadly, it was for him and all of the innocent people he killed.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@kilox10001
well no, he shouldn't have been shot, he should have gotten help. that's obvious. and you know shooting him would have made sense at that time because he had a gun and was shooting people but in the long run all he needed was medication and therapy.
ameliapas 1 month ago
in memory 4 years rip everyone!
dgdancebabie 1 month ago
Wow, next time i walk through that mall, imma NOT going through that entrance.....and im also creeped out by Pumped Up Kicks.
GleeDancer3214 1 month ago
stupid ass face
fu2timess 1 month ago
rules of reason do not apply. a normal person would not behave this way. a person with a mental illness does not plan a killing spree a sociopath does..wish people would stop making excuses for unnaceptable behavior with " he is sick you cant punish a person for that" he was sick alright.. but not from a sickness that can be corrected.
sandee0822 2 months ago 4
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the victims here were the ones he shot the ones that he killed and the families he destroyed in the process of his selfish attempt to become infamous..so although you empathize with the mentally ill, it doesnt apply to him..
sandee0822 2 months ago
@sandee0822
he didn't do it to become infamous...
ameliapas 1 month ago
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sandee0822 2 months ago
he took the time to plan this out and that itself tosses any mental illness defense right out the window because he was competent enough to plan it out and knew what he was doing when he did it .. he even stat6ed in his three page letter he was going out in style and he was gonna be f@#$ing famous!! so he bragged about it before he did it. I don't have any empathy for him. and he was so pumped up on valium alprazolan at the time so obviously professional help was not working..
sandee0822 2 months ago
Got here because of the song 'pumped-up kicks' by foster the people. R.I.P robert hawkins
XxZslasher 2 months ago
"better run better run, outrun my run"
lmj4life 2 months ago 2
@lmj4life *gun, idiot.
MsLala4ever 2 months ago
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lmj4life 2 months ago
@MsLala4ever lmao i was so focused on spelling run that i didnt even notice.! but the name calling was unnecessary.
lmj4life 2 months ago
No if the sick fuck didnt take a pussys way out he should of been hanged infront of all the victims familys
MrQuagmire211 2 months ago
@MrQuagmire211 hanged???
PuddingPuddle1000 2 months ago
All the other kids with their pumped up kicks you;d better run better run, faster than my bullet
German99LOL 2 months ago
Remember, No Russian...
TheDrummerDominic 2 months ago 19
@TheDrummerDominic dude thats not funny
camanddragon 4 weeks ago
@camanddragon 19 people beg to differ.
TheDrummerDominic 3 weeks ago
nothing about anything of this is funny. doesn't matter if they are young or old, it is horrific and completely sad. i can't handle going into von maur til this day. i know where everything happened and stand in the angle he shot people or go in an area where people were killed. i just can't handle being in there.
acorrynn 2 months ago
@Marrick FUCKING RACIST MOTHER FUCKER I HOPE U DIE IN HELL no will for u biatch
jose55881 2 months ago
The song "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People is based on the shooting of Von Maur..
1austinmahonelover 2 months ago
He had mental problems,but doesnt half of our population have mental problems? And yea his parents treated him like hell BUT that doesnt give him the reason to go and kill innocent victims,he should have gone for help.There are professionals that care, and people that care. A friend of mine was treated worse than him, his parents abbandoned my friend.My friend got help and now he is married and lives happy.So dont give me this shit that he couldnt find help people!! He was selfish and a coward.
SuperSexybeast1992 2 months ago
Why are you protecting him there are other ways ti solving problems not killing others and even suicide and i think i would be more scarred to hear gunshots at a mall im in than get called names and or beat up i dont even know
MarkZ9696 2 months ago
@MarkZ9696 really this kid is a fucking asshole. "i want to take some pieces of shit with me". really you dont even know those people fuck you...
GetDatSteak 2 months ago
if you guys don't know his whole story, don't comment. there was a lot wrong with him mentally. So stop.
ameliapas 2 months ago 32
@ameliapas it dosnt matter what was wrong with hi fuck him i honestly hope he burns in hell, and suffers for what he did
doodwoutboob 2 months ago
@doodwoutboob
do you not get that he did this because he was mentally unstable? i can understand how you would blame him for the shooting and yea, what he did was wrong but there was a lot more behind this than just a kid who went to the mall and shot people.
ameliapas 2 months ago
@ameliapas i do understand that but it dosnt change the fact that he was evil i have worked with children who are mentally unstable. i feel bad he had the life he did but it dosnt change the fact that he is a horriable person
doodwoutboob 2 months ago
@doodwoutboob
he did a bad thing, a horrible thing. I still don't believe he did it because he was a bad kid. He wouldn't have done it if he wasn't having mental issues that were going untreated, i assume you agree. A 16 year old just doesn't go into a mall and shoot people if there is nothing wrong with him.
ameliapas 2 months ago
@ameliapas ahh u look at it like "he wouldnt have done it if he were normal" but he did it and it was wrong. do u feel bad for hitler he had a form of schizophrenia...... " he wasnt a bad guy he was just sick". what about jeffery dahmer he had psychosis. just because someone is sick dosnt mean there not bad people
doodwoutboob 2 months ago
@doodwoutboob
I can understand that but, you can't ask to me believe he was a bad kid. he was sick and that has nothing to do with being a bad person, you can't blame him for that. i don't think that a kid would just walk into a mall and shoot people. a 16 yr old wouldn't do that if there was nothing wrong. a middle-aged man just doesn't kill a bunch of people if there is nothing wrong with thim. what they did was wrong but if they would have gotten help it would have been a different story.
ameliapas 2 months ago
@ameliapas oh he had mental problems ok that makes it a whole lot better. smh
5NOOPY615 2 months ago
@5NOOPY615
well it makes it better than if he did it for the fun of it. you think he would do this if he was a normal kid with no problems? no. so yea it makes it a little more understandable.
ameliapas 2 months ago
@5NOOPY615 he still did it...even if he had mental problems that would make him do that would make sense to lock him up more
5NOOPY615 2 months ago
@5NOOPY615
i'm not saying he shouldn't have been put in jail. that's debatable though, he should have gotten treatment.
ameliapas 2 months ago
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@ameliapas so what? it doesn't make it okay to kill people
Splittingcorpse 1 month ago
@ameliapas there was also a lot wrong mentally with the virginia tech and columbine shooters. this is what happens when parents neglect their children and dont pay attention to what they are doing....
oKRYOGENICzx 1 month ago
@ameliapas
excuse me? i could not give less of a fuck about this kids troubles. hes a gutless little cunt, and if he was still alive, i would fucking mutilate the little cunts body and feed it to him. innocent people died because of this ruthless fucker. regardless of his issues, he was a messed up little cunt.
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911
okay, well obviously he was "messed up" and that was the reason he did this. and telling me you would mutilate his body and feed it to him makes me think that if your willing to kill someone that your no better. even saying your going to is bad. he needed help that he didn't get. we both know that. people died because he didn't get the help he needed, not because he just decided to shoot some people one day.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas
sorry mate, but youre wrong. people don't do this kind of thing due to a 'condition.' a common side effect of depression or schizophrenia is not fucking mass murder. this guy was fucked from the get go, and if you believe otherwise, fankly, you're wrong. he murdered god knows how many people, of course i'd be willing to kill the cunt. wouldnt you? doesn't mean im going to act upon it. please do not try to justify his actions.
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911
yes they do, you may not have, but i've seen multiple cases where someone is mentally insane and they murder someone they love even. I would not be willing to "kill the cunt" he needed help and that's that. before this, if he got help, it wouldn't have had to come to that.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas
those people are no different to this kid... beyond the state of help, in other words.
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911 and you would know this how? many people consider doing this, even put a gun to their head, and they are not beyond the state of help. he needed help and i will not believe that he should have been killed. maybe at this moment, because he was harming people and himself. but not after of before this.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas
you're so naive. i bet you're very religious. you love to believe everyone has the best in them. Well no, due to his fucked up childhood, and the issues he was born with, he would have needed COUNTLESS years in a mental asylum to fix him. you say many people consider doing this - do you live under a rock? MANY people? there's a big difference between suicide and mass murder. he was beyond help, that is indisputable. people don't just plan and execute mass murder...
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911 what gives you the right to tell me what i should believe? maybe countless years in a mental institution is what he needed. there isn't that big of a difference, either way your contemplating murder. People with obvious problems plan and execute murder, you're obviously the one who is naive to think that he was beyond help. i'm not that religious and why would that matter? I think what i think because that's what i believe, it has nothing to do with you.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas I never said he was born beyond help (though he was born completely messed up), im saying that at this point, he WAS beyond help. MAYBE, just maybe, if they chucked him in an asylum when he was about 6 (which is essentially a jail) for 25 years, he may have recovered. I'm hardly contemplating murder bud, i'm saying that to commit this horrifying act is enough to envoke a sense of bloodthirst in my head. if he killed my family or friends, youd be damn sure id kill him.
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911
so, what your saying by telling me you'd kill him, is that your like him... your thinkign about killing someone... no, at this point, before he killed himself, he was NOT beyond help, on trial, they would have sent him to an institution, they wouldn't have sentenced him to death or put him in jail, he needed help and that's pretty obvious. so i don't plan on believing he was beyond help.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas
how can you be so sure they would not have killed this despicable fucker? makes me cringe just thinking about the selfishness and cowardice of this act. i am merely saying that no condition corrupts the mind like this - you NEED to be a sadistic, fucked up bastard to even think about committing this, let alone even executing it... he needed help, but my friend, that ship sailed many years ago. at this stage, he's no worse than Ivan Milat.
krugger911 1 month ago
@krugger911 "no condition corrupts the mind like this" what? Insanity and severe depression corrupts a mind to this point. i have no doubt that he would have been killed at this moment, he was killing people, and that's why we have police officers, to protect people. there's no arguing that, after this, yes he could have gotten help.
ameliapas 1 month ago
@ameliapas
your comment makes no sense... YES, no condition corrupts the mind like this, he was a sadistic bloodthirsty fuck, depression doesn't do that, get your head out of your ass.
krugger911 1 month ago
@ameliapas
Better*
krugger911 1 month ago
@ameliapas you're an idiot. your comment is disrespectful to the innocent people killed that day.
IbeJigsaw 1 month ago
@IbeJigsaw disrespectful? i didn't say, "thank god those people are dead and thank god he did that.' i said that there was plenty wrong with him. and it's true.
ameliapas 1 month ago
Why does the camera zoom in and follow him when he first enters the mall? Did they know before hand or something, hmmm...
JuanOfaKind88 3 months ago 10
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What a badass shooting unarmed civilians....
SUPERGRASS1000 3 months ago
the band claims its not about this, but of course their doing anything to avoid lawsuits, its 100% about this
ledge24 3 months ago 4
ALL THE OTHER KIDS WITH PUMPED UP KICK YOU BETTER RUN BETTER RUN FASTER THAN MY BULLET
CrazyDude862 3 months ago 3
fucking psychopath
AVoiceWithoutAFace 3 months ago
just because he used an ak rather than a shotgun doesnt necessarily mean the song wasnt based off of the event. they could have changed it simply to make the song sound better or even so that people would assume that they arent talking about this particular event in order to not give any popularity to the psycho.
nobody knows for sure, just sayin.
mxf7010g8k 3 months ago
hes coming for you o yeah hes coming for you yeah... what a badass
825Allie 3 months ago
@825Allie real badass killed himself ... real COWARD is more like it ...
quadrinichris 3 months ago
Apparently, Robert's got a quick hand.
latinoalex5 3 months ago 3
Fuck.......I could have been his friend....to anyone out there who feel like they're on the brink of losing it, I can listen.
yuhri 3 months ago 5
AKM 7.62x39mm semi-automatic rifle stolen from his stepfather's house, along with two 30-round magazines. Idiot @Johnsbakery
ASecondToBreathe 3 months ago
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ASecondToBreathe 3 months ago
He used a shotgun not an AK47 dumbass.
Johnsbakery 3 months ago
To anyone who actually looked at the lyrics and still think it's about him: you're dumb. Wont tell you his plan -He told people his plan before doing it. 6 shooter (revolver)-used an AK47 not a revolver. All the other KIDS- He shot 0 kids. All adults
johnnyweir69 3 months ago
@johnnyweir69 Well, the song also can relate to the Columbine Massacre
MexBoyVince 3 months ago
its a coincidence that the band used robert
rky64 3 months ago
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All the other kids with they pumped up kicks you better run better run faster than my bullet...
ksaki636r04 3 months ago
Omg ppl the song is about him!!! Actually read his story and look at the lyrics!
purplewaffles38 3 months ago
thumbs up if foster the people sent you here
danielconde001 3 months ago 226
thumbs up if you have seen his pic and thinks he looks like matt bennet
jsrftube2 3 months ago
The last think tht went through his head was a bullet
ryands126359 3 months ago 3
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RockPopJazz100 3 months ago
He's got a lit cigarette
MisterOh1 3 months ago
i muted this and played "pumped up kicks".... with it
tr3v0r457 4 months ago
Pumped up kicks look it up
ExTRATiTAN 4 months ago
Why does the camera follow him the moment he walks into the mall? Is it orders to follow all teenagers or something?
mrdojob 4 months ago
@mrdojob Way to suspicious.
TheDevenrocks 4 months ago
@TheDevenrocks soon after yes but not before he's even walked in
mrdojob 4 months ago
More to the point why does the camera only follow him? Is it the security guards job to zoom in on any teenager that walks into the shop?
mrdojob 4 months ago
Pumped up kicks is about this song. He says "Robert's got a quick hand" when the shooter's name is robert.
Also the chorus is "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run better run, better outrun my gun"
It's referring to how people mainly buy shoes at the mall (implying that pumped up kicks means shoes) and they're running.
ItsDyerNotDryer 4 months ago
@ItsDyerNotDryer the band said this has nothing to do with the song
jp2baby 4 months ago
@jp2baby They probably on said that to avoid the media controversy.
ItsDyerNotDryer 4 months ago
Even thou pumped up kids isnt about this guy its still pretty cool to compare the song to this story cuz they do relate alot.
kinkystud1 4 months ago
people who say pumped up kicks is about this guy are friggin idiots... "ROBERT has got a quick hand"
MrOmegabob 4 months ago
ppl dont get the song by foster people isnt about this guy
ygosoccer 4 months ago
@ygosoccer their just really really stupid
4536b 4 months ago
@ygosoccer Maybe not originally. But it is NOW.
falstoffe 4 months ago
All the other kids with they pumped up kicks you better run better run faster than my bullet...
madcow957 4 months ago
its funny how the video shows no action but then people like it
and know imma go listen to the song
dylandog477 4 months ago
i think the people that made it out of the mall werent poppular
dylandog477 4 months ago
i love pumped up kicks but it DOES NOT relate to robert hawkins
LilMissPerfect120 4 months ago
this is really sad. i feel soo sorry. i dont know what went through his head when he was doing this but i know he felt unloved
jessielatina101 4 months ago
Am I one of the only ppl who understands that this was really sad?? And that the song Pumped Up Kicks was made for this same exact moment? Why are you idiots quoting the song and making smiley faces? Its not something to smile and laugh about
dont117 4 months ago 6
@dont117 LOL
TheMadFedje 4 months ago
@dont117
Robert was a cowboy ;)
90talisten 2 weeks ago
I Put This Vid On Mute. & On The Other Tab I'm listening To foster the people - pumped up kicks :D
MrFamiliarivas1 4 months ago 6
XD I live in fremont! So close to it...
NinjaRun09 4 months ago
HES GOT A LIT CIGERETTE.
ATMays23 4 months ago
As a proud citizen of Omaha, I will never forget this day...and how truly tragic it was. Almost four years later, and the tragedy still haunts the people of our city. My heart goes out to all of the families and friends of all of those who were lost on that fateful day. <3
abbymichellexx 4 months ago 4
so annoying how most of the comments are quotes from 'pumped up kicks.' losers
annabellebp 4 months ago 5
@annabellebp yeah, i'm sorry for starting that up actually all of the comments are just random lines from people whoring for likes, i genuinely thought mine was funny/ironic at the time and i guess people agreed . the 200 like is pretty cool though! ^-^
TheMadFedje 4 months ago
He didn't outrun his own gun.
polaroidsky 4 months ago
Its funny because robert never killed any kids or teenagers they were old people or mid aged so idk why the song says all the other kids with the pumped up kicks
AllusernamesgoneFUCK 4 months ago 28
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK apparently foster the people claimed that their song had nothing to do with the shooting.
spicychickenwings1 4 months ago
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK Cause they ran like fuck because hearing gun shots makes you want to run like fuck because you dont want to die. Or they had nice shoes!
miiiilllk 2 months ago
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK
he do that thanks to the pumped up kicks that bullyied him on school or something like that
lolazozozo 2 months ago
@AllusernamesgoneFUCK because the song isnt about this. the song is about a teenager thats about to shoot the people with trendy "pumped up kicks" and if they try to run they wont run faster than bullets which is the chorus. theres more to it look it up on google.
pivotdude5 2 months ago
"Roberts got a quick hand..He look around the room he won't tell you his plan.."
BoothandBones4evar 4 months ago
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run faster than my bullets"...
Bl4ckM4gic037 4 months ago
where are the mall cops?riding around on their segways?lol,but no that is sad though.
4x4martin 4 months ago
I love you Robert i miss you I wish I was there to stop you
hbg4321 4 months ago
In response to the top rated comments , the band stated that it was NOT in relation to this particular event!! thumbs up so this stay on top
VinnyCoD 4 months ago 90
@VinnyCoD So they just happened to get his name and everything he did in their song? That makes no sence. :l
123FishCrazy 4 months ago 3
@VinnyCoD HAHAHAHHAHAHA of course its about this event, what could it possibly about? They were most likely forced to say that. And did for $
hardii01 4 months ago
@hardii01 HOW ABOUT YOU GO ON WIKIPEDIA AND SEE FOR YOUR SELF
VinnyCoD 4 months ago
@VinnyCoD well the first line of the song is Roberts gotta quick hand
now how is that not related?
cbbent 3 months ago
@VinnyCoD thats wat they want u to believe.
TennFan76 3 months ago
@VinnyCoD bullshit it wasn't.
GosuVu 3 months ago
@VinnyCoD i dont know. its called pumped up kicks. and the shooting happened outside of a famous footwear. kinda would make sense right?
GetDatSteak 2 months ago
@VinnyCoD but it does target this one since one of the lyrics is "robert's got a quick hand"
jimbogoobar 2 months ago
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thekeliboo1 4 months ago
poor guy yo
126twitch 4 months ago
Who else fells proud when the cop comes into the mall?
macho844 4 months ago
How did this kid with his fucked up mental background get his hands on a AKM-47??
bobdiley 4 months ago
The guy's name was Robert Hawkins. A certain show called Jericho featured a terrorist named Robert Hawkins. Coincidence? i think not.
stopscrewingaround11 4 months ago
Why I think pumped up kicks isn't about Robert Hawkins
"He won't tell you his plan"
He told 4chan his plan before doing it
"Yeah found a six-shooter gun"
Which is a revolver... not an AK47 which Robert used.
"All the other kids with your pumped up kicks You'd better run, better run, out run my gun"
Robert didn't shoot any kids. There's nothing that said he had intentions to kill kids either. If he wanted to shoot kids he didn't like he would have done it at school.
in4epic 4 months ago 2
@in4epic
Well it's not like he announced to his parents "bye mom and da im gonna go kill people today!"
It doesnt matter what gun it is. It was to make a better lyric. And the AK-47 wasn't automatic which means he could be using a 6 bullet clip.
Seriously? You really think that matters? He wen't out to shoot people. He didn't know who. It could be kids. It could be elderly.
Bro you may be right but its unlikely, listen to the song and just think about this.
PinkStreakDaWhale 4 months ago
@PinkStreakDaWhale Look it up a band member says in an interview the song is not about this.
in4epic 4 months ago
LISTEN TO PUMPED UP KICKS AND WATCH THIS VIDEO AT THE SAME TIME..... WIERD!!!
jredjavi 4 months ago
@jredjavi Fuckin creepy knowing what happened. I did that before I saw your comment. Does that make us sick?
Bl4ckM4gic037 4 months ago
Yes, he did take innocent lives but there must be a reason for it. People with an average life or perfect mental health wouldn't do this. Besides, we don't even know why he did this or how he felt at that time. Have you guys ever put yourself in his shoes? He probably doesn't even think the same way everyone does.
hilarycassi3 5 months ago
Poor kid he wasn't loved and he was hot if I was there I would show him love;) I wish he was still alive
hbg4321 5 months ago 2
faster than my bullet =p
MeNmyW33D 5 months ago
@MeNmyW33D Apparently they wernt faster than his bullets.
Dimes329 5 months ago