Oct 26, 2021

Police make arrest in killing of 18-year-old in Omaha

Posted Oct 26, 2021 4:45 PM
Wagner
Wagner

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Omaha have made an arrest in the shooting death earlier this month of an 18-year-old man.

Police said in a news release that the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force arrested 19-year-old Justyn Wagner on Monday and booked him into the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder and weapons counts.

Wagner is accused in the killing of 18-year-old KorVanta Hill. Officers called to the scene of the shooting on Oct. 18 found Hill mortally wounded on the sidewalk.

Hill died at an Omaha hospital.