A former Clear Lake teacher was among the persons injured in the tragic shooting at an Omaha, Neb. shopping mall Wednesday, Dec. 5.
    Fred Wilson, 61, who taught at Clear Lake High School in the 1970s, was taken to Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition after being shot in the arm.  His condition has since been upgraded to serious.
    Robert Hawkins, 19, opened fire at Westroads Mall on Wednesday afternoon.  It was the worst mass slaying in Nebraska history and claimed the lives of five men and three women, plus the shooter.  Five more were injured, two critically, police said.  An SKS-style assault rifle with two magazines taped together was found at the scene.
    By  Thursday morning, Wilson had been upgraded to serious. Doctors said he was hit in the arm and they hope to save the limb.
    Wilson served as the customer service manager for Von Maur, the department store where the shooting took place.
    Wilson is a retired teacher that taught English at St. Albert Catholic High School in Council Bluffs and Shenandoah, Iowa in addition to Clear Lake.