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One person is critically injured in a shooting at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday (Wikimedia Commons)
Suspects are still at large following a shooting at a Nebraska mall that has left one person in the hospital with critical injuries, law enforcement officials say.
The shooting took place at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday around noon local time.
“Suspects fled the scene and are at large. OPD is searching the entire mall as a precaution,” the Omaha Police Department tweeted.
Residents are asked to avoid the area as the police continue to search for the suspects involved. The mall has been closed for the day as an investigation takes place.
A police officer was shot four times on Friday while responding to a shoplifting incident at a Nebraska mall.
Omaha Police Department Officer Jeffrey Wittstruck responded to a shoplifting call at JCPenny in Westroads Mall, where a suspected shoplifter reported by security ultimately refused to comply and shot Wittstruck four times, the department stated in a press release.
Wittstruck sustained gunshot wounds in his head and face. He was transported to the Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition. The department said Wittstruck is now “stable and recovering.”
Store security had detained 21-year-old Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr. after he was observed stuffing shirts in his backpack and exiting the store without paying.
Officer Stable After Being Shot in Head and Face by Shoplifter
14 Mar 2021
An Omaha, Nebraska, police officer is in stable condition after being shot in the top of the head and in the face by an alleged JC Penny’s shoplifter.
ABC News reports officer Jeffrey Wittstruck (pictured) was called to store just before 3:30 p.m. Friday, and arrived to find 21-year-old Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr. had been detained by security.
Jenkins was allegedly resisted arrest.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said: “Wittstruck directed Jenkins to remove his backpack at which time Jenkins stood up and placed his right hand in his sweatshirt pocket. Officer Wittstruck asked Jenkins to show his hands multiple times but Jenkins refused. Officer Wittstruck informed Jenkins he was under arrest and Jenkins remained uncooperative, pushing Officer Wittstruck away while he attempted to place handcuffs on Jenkins.”