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Curtis Case, Principal Hurt In Omaha School Shooting, Out Of Hospital

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01/13/11 12:15 PM ET   AP

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OMAHA, Neb. — The principal who was wounded in last week's shooting at a Nebraska high school has been released from the hospital.

Hospital officials say Curtis Case was released from Creighton University Medical Center Wednesday afternoon – one week after the shooting at Millard South High School.

Police say 17-year-old Robert Butler Jr. used his police detective father's handgun to fatally wound assistant principal Vicki Kaspar and injure Case on Jan. 5. Butler then fired at a custodian and missed before fleeing the school and killing himself.

Kaspar had suspended Butler a few hours before the shooting for driving on the west Omaha school's football field on New Year's Day.

Kaspar's funeral was held on Tuesday.

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08:50 PM on 01/13/2011
That's good news. I think this story got lost in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting, but it bears closer examination.
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