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3 officers wounded and a suspect is killed in Omaha shooting

Dec 3, 2025, 3:37 PM

Omaha police investigate an incident at a QuikTrip gas station, that injured three officers and lef...

Omaha police investigate an incident at a QuikTrip gas station, that injured three officers and left the suspect dead in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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(Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three Omaha police offers were wounded and a suspect killed Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire at a gas station.

The suspect, a man in his 20s, had earlier shot a 61-year-old man several times in the chest about noon at a grocery store, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said. Officers obtained a license plate number from the scene and followed the suspect’s car to the gas station, he said.

The officers watched the suspect get out and enter a restroom. He then left the room and began firing on the officers, the chief said.

Two officers were hit, and a third was hit by shrapnel. The officers returned fire, and the suspect was killed.

“This is a very dangerous day involving this suspect in the city of Omaha,” Schmaderer said.

The officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital, Omaha police said. The officer hit by shrapnel was later released.

The condition of the other shooting victim is unclear.

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