- A woman and teen were hospitalized after Omaha Police Officers open fired in the apartment complex
- Police were responding to a trespassing call when the incident occurred
- Watch to learn more about how the incident allegedly transpired
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Two people, including a 15-year-old girl, are injured after a shooting in an apartment complex at 16th Street and Farnam Street. The shooting took place just before noon on Wednesday.
"At least one officer discharged possibly multiple rounds, three to five is what I'm told. Not every situation where you come in to contact with an aggressive dog ends in that dog being shot by police," said OPD Lt. Neal Bonacci.
This is what Bonacci said happened:
Two officers were responding to a trespassing call of an evicted tenant, when they heard dogs fighting in a hallway of the second floor of the building.
The officers found people trying to break up a fight between several large dogs. While officers were trying to help one of the dogs became aggressive, the officers decided to shoot the animal. When they fired, a woman and a 15-year-old girl were hurt.
"In order to protect themselves it sounds like they fired some rounds, they fired at the dog and put the dog down, the dog is deceased. But, unfortunately hit a bystander in the leg, in the lower leg, that was a young female. There was a second female that was also struck by either some shrapnel or some tile," said Bonacci.
Both were taken to the hospital and they are expected to survive. At this time police say they do not know if the dog belonged to the bystanders or someone else living in the complex.
Bonacci also said the officers were wearing body cameras during the incident.
UPDATE:
A dog is dead and two people are injured, Wednesday a trespassing call in Downtown Omaha spun out of control and left a woman and 15 year old girl in the hospital.
Now, we're taking a deeper look at the incident...
I contacted the Omaha Police Department Lieutenant Neal Bonacci who told me neither dog ran at or bit the officers. The officers shot downward at the dogs, hitting tile which injured the teen and woman's lower legs. They also may have been struck by a bullet or fragment of a bullet.
The shooting took place early Wednesday afternoon. OPD was responding to a trespassing call, when they heard dogs fighting in the building.
The officers found two people trying to pull the dogs apart. The officers decided to shoot the animals after feeling threatened.
Bonacci says officers responded because "They had a duty to see what was happening."
