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Omaha Officer Shoots Woman Threatening Child with Knife

4/14/2026

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Omaha Police Deputy Chief Scott Gray (Omaha Police Department) said on Tuesday that an officer-involved shooting occurred at a Walmart after a woman threatened a child and caretaker with a knife.
Officers arrived and shot the woman after she cut the three-year-old boy's face.
The three-year-old boy was hospitalized with injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police closed access to the Walmart parking lot and southbound 72nd Street.

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Omaha Police Deputy Chief Scott Gray (Omaha Police Department) said on Tuesday that an officer-involved shooting occurred at a Walmart after a woman threatened a child and caretaker with a knife.
Officers arrived and shot the woman after she cut the three-year-old boy's face.
The three-year-old boy was hospitalized with injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police closed access to the Walmart parking lot and southbound 72nd Street.