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A high school student shot his principal and later was found dead this afternoon in an incident at Millard South High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Omaha World-Herald reported that the school director Curtis case and an adult were injured in the shooting today. Police said one person was transported from the scene by helicopter and one by ambulance.

Parents were instructed to pick up students at the nearby Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church just after 13:30

The shooting remains under investigation and police declined to give details. This is a developing story.

UPDATE: The Omaha Police Department, said that the suspect in the shooting was a senior at the school and confirmed he was found dead in a car after the shooting.


OMAHA, Neb. – A student opened fire at an Omaha high school on Wednesday wounding two adults including the principal and causing students to rush to a school kitchen to take cover, authorities said.

Later, the suspect, identified as 17-year-old Robert Butler, Jr., was found dead in car about a mile away from the school after shooting himself, Omaha police chief Alex Hayes said.

It was not immediately clear why Butler, a son of an Omaha police detective, shot Millard High School Principal Curtis Case and Vice Principal Vicki Kasper.

Case was in stable condition and Kasper was in critical condition at an area hospital, the chief told reporters.

A 16-year-old student at the school told The Associated Press she was just beginning lunch when a school administrator came into the cafeteria.

“He was like yelling, `Get in the kitchen! Get in the kitchen!’ He was waving his arms. You knew something was wrong and it wasn’t a drill,” said Laura Olson, who is the daughter of an AP reporter.