New Rawabi DMV Massacre

The **New Rawabi DMV Massacre** was an act of mass murder perpetrated at the State Street branch of the New Rawabi Department of Motor Vehicles on September 6, 2021. The perpetrator, 43 year-old Robert Kane, fatally shot four people and wounded eight others before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

## Timeline

### Prior to shooting

On August 20, 2021, Robert Kane attended an appointment at the State Street DMV branch to renew his driver's license. When the clerk told him he would need to pay a fee, Kane became irate, claiming the fee had increased from his previous renewal. The clerk told him to leave and Kane left while shouting profanities.

Several minutes later, he entered back into the building, visibly calmer. He approached the same clerk and when the clerk told him to leave again, Kane lifted up his shirt and revealed a handgun in his waistband. The clerk called over a security guard who escorted Kane out at gunpoint. He was arrested by arriving officers and pled not guilty to brandishing a firearm in a government building. He was found guilty and ordered to pay a B$1000 fine.

### September 6, 2021

On the morning of the shooting—Monday, September 6—Kane brought his family to the New Rawabi Zoo. During the visit, he began ranting to his wife about the alleged corruption of the judge who had convicted him and the DMV. Afterwards, the Kane family had lunch at a local Yo Mama Burger and returned home.

Afterwards, at roughly 4:15 in the afternoon, he walked into his bedroom wearing a white t-shirt and military-style camoflauge pants while his wife sat on the bed. He leaned in and said to her "I'm going out for a bit, I love you." His wife told him she was going to prepare dinner soon. He told her to wrap it up for him and that he would be home late. Holding a shotgun across his shoulders, he exited the house through the garage. He proceeded to wave at a passing neighbor as he stepped into the family's 1998 Teutonic Motors Patriot, bound for the State Street DMV.

## Shooting

At approximately 4:45 p.m. he pulled into the parking lot of the State Street DMV branch, carrying the SRA M90 12-gauge shotgun wrapped in a blanket. Tucked into his waistband was a Trohm Model 88 .38 caliber revolver. Additionally, he carried a combat knife in his right pocket and 30 shotgun shells in his left. 39 people, including staff and security, were inside the building at the time.

He entered the building through the front entrance and opened fire on a customer named John Stein from approximately 10 feet. Stein was killed instantly. The noise alerted the security guard on duty at the time, 38 year-old Gerald Pena, who was across the building. Kane shouted something to the effect of "this is a fucking stick-up." Another customer named Cherie Rivera screamed upon seeing Kane with the shotgun. Kane shot her from a distance of 20 feet. She died later that day.

Customers and employees tried to find cover from Kane under desks and behind the counter. He fired his shotgun towards the opposite side of the building, wounding four people and killing one, 22 year-old David Victoria. The security guard, Pena, drew his revolver and fired two shots at Kane with one of them striking him above the left knee. Pena then took cover behind a desk as Kane returned fire with his shotgun.

After shooting at Pena, Kane was forced to reload his shotgun. During this time, five people escaped the building and called the police who were on scene within minutes. According to witnesses, he began shouting about the corruption of the government and how he was "sorry to have to hurt people."

### Police intervention and end of shooting

Kane began wandering around the office while firing his shotgun at random. One of these shots struck and killed 19 year-old George Howard. Eight minutes after the shooting had begun, police had surrounded the building. They used megaphones to try to talk to Kane, believing the incident was a hostage situation. After over ten minutes of no reply, police decided to storm the building. They broadcast one final warning to Kane before using tear gas and flashbangs to enter the building.

Moments before police breached the building, Pena leapt from behind the desk he was hiding behind and shot at Kane four times with his revolver. Two of these shots struck Kane in the chest, knocking him down. Kane reached into his pocket and pulled out his .38 caliber revolver and fatally shot himself in the head. Police entered the building immediately after at 5:23 p.m. 38 minutes after the shooting had begun. Kane had fired 22 rounds from his shotgun and one shot from his .38 revolver.

## Perpetrator

**Robert DeVall Kane** (June 22, 1978 - September 6, 2021) was born in Neuer Rawabi, the first and only child of Vincent Kane (1940–2008) and Rose Kane (1941-1999). He married Iris Kane (née McBride) in 1999 and proceeded to have three children, two boys and one girl.

### Childhood

When Kane was four years old, he was diagnosed with rickets. He wore braces on his legs for four years of his childhood and was left with a slightly awkward gait for the rest of his life. Kane was a quiet child with few friends who from an early age had an interest in firearms, practicing target shooting with his father from the age of nine. He was frequently targeted by bullies at 02brickman33 High School. He graduated in 1996 with average grades. In 1998 he attended the Imperial University, Neuer Rawabi but dropped out after one semester. It was at this time he met his future wife, Iris McBride.

### Marriage and employment

After marrying his wife in 1999, he took a low paying job as a sales assistant at a Roolworth's department store. After realizing he could not support him and his wife, he trained to become a welder. He was employed as the chief welder at a government truck repair shop. He nearly lost his job when the Spawn Empire collapsed in 2020 but he was deemed essential and was able to remain at the shop.

### Accident and first breakdown

On December 17, 2004, Kane was driving home from work when he struck and killed a four year-old girl riding her bicycle after she darted into his path. It was deemed an accident by the police and the girl's mother decided to not press charges, acknowledging it as an accident, and formally forgave him but Kane was incredibly remorseful with guilt hanging over him for the rest of his life. In early 2005 he began drinking heavily which led to his involuntary enrollment in a rehab program. There he met 55 year-old Earl McCard who he became friends with. The shotgun used in the shooting had been borrowed from McCard.

On April 7, 2006, he was seen walking down the street with a gun to his chin. He was arrested and booked for brandishing a firearm in public. He was deemed mentally unstable and banned from purchasing firearms. This upset him as shooting was his favorite hobby. After this incident, he began to refuse to pay taxes, sparking arguments with his wife and triggering a government investigation of his finances in 2013.

### Unemployment and second breakdown

On June 22, 2021, he was dismissed from his job as a welder for "consistent failure to punctually attend" his job. His supervisor had also caught him drinking and sleeping on the job multiple times. This only further escalated his hatred for the government. On June 31, 2021, his wife found him at home sitting in his chair with all the lights in the house turned off. When she turned on a light and asked him what was wrong, he became extremely irate and struck her. He then left and did not return for three days. It is unknown where he went.

His relationship with his wife and children became strained immediately after this incident although after several months of couples therapy, Iris forgave him and they were back on good terms by August of 2021. He remained unemployed until the shooting, making ends meet with odd jobs around the Prefecture and, unbeknownst to his family, committing serial welfare fraud, reaping over B$1500 every month in government assistance. According to several associates, he would often brag about his criminal activities, seeing his actions as an act of defiance against the "System".

## Aftermath

The New Rawabi DMV closed all offices for the remainder of the week and posted extra security guards.

Kane's body was cremated and returned to his wife. She moved to San Fierro where she lives with her children under an assumed name.

Gerald Pena, the security guard who shot Kane, was awarded the Hero of the GTR in Bronze. He now works for the New Rawabi Police.

The State Street DMV branch was torn down soon after the shooting and replaced by a memorial park.