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Two dead and six wounded in shooting in Omaha, Nebraska Two dead and six wounded in shooting at house party in Omaha, Nebraska
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Authorities said two women were shot and killed and six other people were wounded in an early-morning attack on Saturday at a home in Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha. Two women were shot dead and six people were wounded early on Saturday at a house party in Omaha, authorities said.
Police say officers responded to a report of gunfire at a home at the intersection of North 34th and Parker streets shortly before 2am. The police department issued a news release about the shootings at the small tan house in the city’s northeast, but did not say whether it had any suspects or identify any of those who were shot.
The department said in a news release that two women in their 20s were dead at the scene and that three people were taken by ambulance to Nebraska-Medicine-University of Nebraska Medical Center. One was in critical condition and the other two were in serious condition. The department said the officers responded to a report of gunfire at the home shortly before 2am and found several people who were wounded and two women in their 20s who were dead at the scene.
Three other wounded people were driven in a private vehicle to the hospital. Three of the wounded were taken by ambulance to Nebraska-Medicine-University of Nebraska Medical Center. One was in critical condition and the other two were in serious condition, police said. Three others were driven to the hospital in someone’s vehicle. Their conditions were not released.
The department did not immediately identify the victims or any suspects in the shooting. Kristina Young, the mother of one of the dead women, was waiting outside the home hours later while investigators continued to gather evidence. She said she was not going to leave until the body of her daughter, 19-year-old Ja’Kela Foster, was taken away.
Young said her boyfriend got a call from an aunt shortly before 2am, telling him there was a shooting that may have involved Foster, who leaves behind a 1-year-old son. She said a friend later called to say her daughter had been shot.
Young said her daughter knew the person throwing the party and that she had asked her not to go, knowing there would be drinking and worried there could be violence.
“I’ve been in Omaha long enough to know generally what happens at these parties,” she said.
She said her daughter agreed and told her she was going elsewhere on Friday night, but that she apparently went to the party anyway.
“To the person who pulled the trigger, I want to say it’s just senseless. It just needs to stop. I now have a 1-year-old grandson that has no mother,” Young said while fighting back tears. She was comforted by her 29-year-old son, DeSean Young, who was Foster’s brother.
Dorothy Wayne, who lives across the street from the home, said she and her husband were asleep when a shot passed through the wall of their front bedroom and lodged in the far wall. Neither was hurt.
Although much of Omaha’s violent crime happens in the area, Wayne said she was surprised by the shootings because it had always been a quiet street.
“There are mostly old people on our block,” she said.