What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(8) updates to this series since Updated
One of the two men shot and killed by off-duty Omaha Police Department officers on Saturday fired a handgun at officers prior to them shooting 21 times at the men’s vehicle, authorities said Thursday.
A 14-year-old Omaha boy admitted to sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint last summer during a Juvenile Court appearance on Wednesday.Â
A 42-year-old Omaha woman was arrested earlier this week in connection to an alleged December assault and theft, including of a sword collection, from an apartment.
A school resource officer at Elkhorn South has been placed on paid administrative leave and is the subject of a criminal investigation after allegations of "inappropriate conduct" with a student.Â
A 30-year-old man was ticketed on suspicion of unlawful discharge of a firearm after he accidentally shot himself while waiting to pick up food in the drive-thru lane of a North Omaha barbecue restaurant.Â
A 58-year-old man was taken to an Omaha hospital Tuesday morning in critical condition following a shooting near 46th Street and Redmond Avenue.
A captain with 25 years of experience and another veteran officer have been identified as the off-duty members of the Omaha Police Department involved in a shooting Saturday that took the lives of two men.
Days after two off-duty Omaha police officers shot and killed two men in a south Omaha alleyway, details about what led to the fatal interaction remain scarce.Â
An Omaha man said despite his role in tackling one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl celebration: "We're gonna remember the good times, all our pictures and listening to good music."
An Omaha man reportedly tackled one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs celebration in downtown Kansas City Wednesday.Â
A federal court jury convicted a small town Iowa police chief this week for abusing his position to unlawfully acquire and sell federally regulated machine guns.
