Omaha Crime Tracker

Initial response: 12-year-old shot in neck around 11 p.m. Monday near 26th and Spaulding; taken to hospital in critical condition. Shooting deemed...

Shooting reported near 24th and Leavenworth streets shortly after 7:30 p.m., with one man hospitalized.

Two men arrested in connection with the downtown incident.

Investigation remains ongoing, with no further details confirmed.

An Omaha police lieutenant was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Fremont with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.15. Employment status and any disciplinary actions remain unconfirmed based on available reporting.

The FBI is actively identifying victims of alleged credit card fraud by Connie Seastedt of Captivating Travels by Connie, an Omaha-area business used...

A 34-year-old tow truck driver received two years of probation, 80 days house arrest, a $1,000 fine, and 100 hours community service for the November...

Readers in The Public Pulse share views on Omaha's record homelessness levels.

• Commentary only: Letters call criminalization ineffective, arguing...

A 20-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after running a red light at 148th Street and West Center Road around 5:45 p.m. Saturday and colliding...

• Allegations center on 8 counts of manufacturing and possessing child sexual abuse material involving a victim aged 12-15 from 2017-2020.
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Omaha police arrested Israel Villanueva-Luna after a Crime Stoppers tip identified the suspect featured on KETV Most Wanted.

• The July 24 crash at...

Omaha Police responded to a report of a person with a knife at 10th and Jackson just after midnight Saturday, arresting one individual on scene. No injuries or charges were confirmed in the report.

Gatluak Jiel, 20, was convicted Thursday by a Douglas County jury of robbing a man of $2,500. He now faces up to 50 years in prison, with sentencing...

• Arrest (Sept 24): Omaha firefighter Brandon Wilson, 55, booked on four counts of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct of a minor and four...

Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson has referred specific cases to ICE and floated a 287(g) agreement without signing one, citing public safety needs...

• Allegations: 55-year-old Brandon Wilson faces four counts of visual depiction of sexual explicit conduct of a minor and four counts of unlawful...

Omaha Police need public help finding 33-year-old Jonathan Cotes.

• Last seen: Area of 108th and T streets
• Description: 6'2", 195 lbs, brown hair,...

Multiple reports align on the core facts of the fatal crash at 42nd and Sorensen Parkway Tuesday night.

• Officers in the area heard the collision...

Police have identified the victim of Monday's northwest Omaha house fire as 68-year-old Rickey Griffin, with no criminal or suspicious activity found in the investigation.

Brutus, a 6-year-old dual-purpose narcotics and patrol K-9 with the Omaha Police Department since March 2020, died following a medical emergency at...

Two victims were stabbed late Tuesday in a parking lot near 49th and Hamilton after an argument, leaving one man critically injured and a woman...

Omaha police responded to a shots-fired call around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at a home near 49th and Fort Streets.

The male suspect, known to the victims,...