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Two dead, one rushed to hospital in shooting near 34th and Jackson Streets

Omaha Police say two men are dead after a shooting near Midtown.

Two dead, one rushed to hospital in shooting near 34th and Jackson Streets

Omaha Police say two men are dead after a shooting near Midtown.

NEWS LEADER. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT 10:00 STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS SARAH: BREAKING NEWS WE'RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND ANOTHER PERSON IS CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED ON THE CORNER OF 34TH AND JACKSON STREETS, JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK EARLIER THIS EVENING. THAT'S WHERE KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S JOEY SAFCHIK JOINS US LIVE, JOEY, WHAT'S THE SCENE LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? REPORTER: TWO TNHE THEIR EARLY 20'S WERE KILLED TONIGHT IN A SHOOTING IN THIS APAMERTNT BUILDING BEHIND ME ON THE CORNER OF 34TH AND JACKSON. ANOTRHE MAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO UNMC IN CRITICAL CONTIDION. IT IS SLLTI CAPED UP A AND COULD TAPED -- TAPED OFF UNTIL TOMORROW MORNI. FORENSICANDS THE HOMICIDE UNIT ARE HERE. THE POLE ICPRESENCE IS SMALLER THAN WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED. THEY EXPECT TO BE HERE UNTILHE T MORNING. WE SPOKE TO AN OFFICER BEFORE COME ON AIR. HE SAID THEY HAVE THE SCENE TAPED OFF. THEY ARE NOT EXPECNGTI ANY UPDATES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BUT THEY ARE PLANNING TO BE HERE FOR A WHI.LE POLICE CONFIRM MULTIPLE ROUNDS WERE FIRED. THEY WEER CALLED TO THE SCENE AFTER 7:00 P.M. THE SUSPECTS HAVE NOT BEEN CAUGHT. WE'RE TOLD THEY FLED SOUTHBOUND IN A WHITE SEDAN. THE LIEUTENANT TELLS US HE BELIEVES IT WAS A TARGETED SHOOTING. THEY DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS GANG RELATED. OMAHA POLICEAVE H NOT IDENTIFIED THE TWO MEN KILLED. THE LIEUTENANT TELLS ME THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS TONIGHT. >> AOFS RIGHT NOW, IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. WE DON'T KNOW TIRHE IDENTITSIE AND THE SUSPECTS ARE STILL OUTSTANDING. OUR DETECTIVES ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATE THE CASE. REPORTER: AS REMINDER, OMAHA CRIME STOPPERS PEAC $25,000 FOR TIPS LEADING TO THE ARREST OF A HO
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Two dead, one rushed to hospital in shooting near 34th and Jackson Streets

Omaha Police say two men are dead after a shooting near Midtown.

Omaha Police said two men are dead and a third was hurt in a shooting near 34th and Jackson Streets Saturday night. An investigation is ongoing Sunday morning as police search for the shooter.OPD found 21-year-old William Harnage and 18-year-old Jang Puol dead in front of a multiplex apartment, according to a news release. The third victim, 21-year-old Trevel Caldwell, was sent to a hospital. Police say his injuries are not life-threatening.Officials say they found multiple shell casings at the crime scene.Lt. Allen Straub says officers took multiple witnesses in for questioning, as authorities locked the building down Saturday night. OPD says the shooter fled south in a white sedan.The police lieutenant said investigators are looking for surveillance video from the area.

Omaha Police said two men are dead and a third was hurt in a shooting near 34th and Jackson Streets Saturday night. An investigation is ongoing Sunday morning as police search for the shooter.

OPD found 21-year-old William Harnage and 18-year-old Jang Puol dead in front of a multiplex apartment, according to a news release. The third victim, 21-year-old Trevel Caldwell, was sent to a hospital. Police say his injuries are not life-threatening.

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Officials say they found multiple shell casings at the crime scene.

Lt. Allen Straub says officers took multiple witnesses in for questioning, as authorities locked the building down Saturday night. OPD says the shooter fled south in a white sedan.

The police lieutenant said investigators are looking for surveillance video from the area.