An Omaha man serving a sentence for assault dies in prison

Omaha police are investigating two stabbings and shootings recorded in three separate incidents during a 27-hour period that ended early Sunday.

An autopsy has revealed that a 37-year-old man who exchanged gunfire with Omaha police officers during a downtown domestic violence call last week died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

A grand jury’s decision not to indict an Omaha police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 37-year-old man in his home drew praise from the department’s police association and rebuke from community leaders.

The 37-year-old man who exchanged gunfire with Omaha police officers in response to a domestic violence call in downtown Omaha died Friday.

The 25-year-old man’s plea comes seven months after he was charged in the deaths of a 30-year-old Uber driver and a 26-year-old passenger in Omaha.

A grand jury found no criminal conduct in the fatal police shooting of Cameron Ford in August, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine announced Thursday.

Officers arrested the man weeks after he allegedly crashed a 2021 Ram 1500 pickup near the intersection of Richland Drive and Glenn Street on Oct. 11.

Omaha police released the names of the man and woman injured in a shooting involving Omaha police officers on Wednesday afternoon.

Rory Geiger was shot and killed by a Sarpy County sheriff’s deputy after a 911 call claimed he killed his wife Rebecca Geiger, a teacher at Westside High, at their home on October 28.

Police exchanged fire with a gunman Wednesday evening while responding to a domestic violence incident near 44th and Center Streets in Omaha.

Omaha isn’t alone in seeing an increase in pedestrian fatalities. In 2022, more than 7,500 pedestrians were killed by motorists in the United States – the highest number since 1981.

An Omaha teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 80 to 100 years in prison for a January shooting that left one person dead and two others injured.

A 22-year-old man charged in a Douglas County arrest warrant with first-degree murder in connection with a shooting in South Omaha has been arrested in Colorado.

A 41-year-old Nigerian national has been convicted in Nebraska in connection with an elaborate scheme to obtain the email addresses of company executives to obtain wire transfers and rob others by posing as love interests.