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(8 Dec 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of exterior of Von Maur shop
2. Various of memorial of flowers, notes and poems at entrance
3. Close-up of candles inside glasses
4. Wide of interior of mall
5. Shoppers entering mall
6. Tearful woman being comforted by others
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Sadler, Senior General Manager of Westroads Mall:
"We have worked with the local officials, as well as our retailers and opening today is obviously not about business, it's about getting our retail family back together, it's about getting Omaha back together."
8. Interior of mall
9. Christmas themed poster of condolence for families of victims
10. Various of residents looking at photographs of victims
11: SOUNDBITE: (English) Cindy Lutz, Shopper:
"It's just been horrible, you didn't think anything like this could happen, here. It did, so we have to come together as a community and not let it get us down."
12. Tilt-up of Christmas tree
13. Pan from shoppers to Christmas tree
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Fahey, Omaha Mayor:
"I think it's certainly part of the process. We are certainly going through a grieving period, there are a lot of open wounds in our community yet, but part of the healing process is getting back to normal and I think this is certainly one step in the right direction."
15. Various of people laying decorations beneath Christmas tree
STORYLINE
People returned to the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, most to shop for the holidays but some to grieve in the place where a young gunman killed eight people and himself three days earlier.
Within the mall, however, the Von Maur department store where 19-year-old Robert Hawkins fired an AK-47 on Wednesday remained closed.
A makeshift memorial had been assembled at its inside entrance and another one outside with teddy bears, candles, and handwritten notes to the victims.
"Opening today is obviously not about business," said Jim Sadler, the Senior General Manager of Westroads Mall, "Its about getting our retail family back together, its about getting Omaha back together."
One shopper, Cindy Lutz, told AP Television that the shooting had "been horrible" and said she "didn't think anything like this could happen, here."
A few police cars were visible in the parking lot.
Two Red Cross vans and a Salvation Army unit were set up outside a mall entrance, greeting people with doughnuts, coffee and offers of grief counselling.
Police acknowledged there was extra security in the area but said they couldn't discuss specifics.
Normal mall security guards were unarmed.
Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey greeted shoppers and reassured retailers that the city stood behind them as they struggled to regain momentum during their make-or-break holiday shopping season.
"We are certainly going through a grieving period," said Fahey.
"There are a lot of open wounds in our community yet, but part of the healing process is getting back to normal and this is certainly one step in the right direction," Fahey added.
The Von Maur company, which operates stores across the Midwest of America, said it had established a memorial fund with the local United Way for the shooting victims and their families and invited public contributions.
It also said it was helping families of the eight victims with funeral arrangements and grief counselling.
Police said Hawkins, 19, of nearby Bellevue, fired more than 30 rounds inside Von Maur, striking 11 people.
Six died where they fell, one died on the way to a hospital and another died at a hospital.
Three other people were wounded, two seriously.

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