Teens, ages 14, 17, taken into custody after shooting near Omaha home child care

A shooting outside a home childcare center on 41st and W street caused a minor injury to the owner after she was grazed by a bullet. Police say the shooting happened after a confrontation over a car theft.

A shooting outside a home childcare center on 41st and W street caused a minor injury to the owner after she was grazed by a bullet. Police say the shooting happened after a confrontation over a car theft.

BACK TO YOU. THANKS, BILL. BULLETS STRIKE IN OMAHA, HOME CHILDCARE WITH CHILDREN INSIDE AND A WOMAN INTERRUPTING. CAR THIEVES NARROWLY ESCAPED WITHOUT GETTING SERIOUSLY HURT. NO CHILDREN WERE HARMED EITHER. AND THIS UNFOLDED AROUND 11 THIS MORNING, NEAR 41ST AND 41ST. AND W STREETS. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 JESSICA PEREZ IS THERE LIVE WITH THE INVESTIGATOR AND JESSICA, WE DO KNOW ABOUT TEN CHILDREN WERE IN THE CHILD CARE CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE. THE OWNER WAS ALSO GRAZED BY A BULLET ON HER STOMACH. PARENTS IN TEARS, RUSHING TO HUG THEIR KIDS AFTER A SHOOTING SCARE AT THIS CHILD CARE CENTER. WELL, I DIDN’T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL RIGHT NOW. SHE HAD JUST CALLED ME, ASKED ME TO COME PICK UP MY KIDS AND SAID THAT SHE WOULD EXPLAIN. TONYA MORALES IS TO BOYS TOWN THIS SCENE WHEN SHE ARRIVED JUST HOURS AFTER DROPPING HER CHILDREN OFF JUST BEFORE 11 A.M. THERE WAS A CONFRONT HAITIAN OUTSIDE IN THE STREET. OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SOME JUVENILE SUSPECTS WERE TRYING TO BREAK INTO SOME CARS. A NEARBY RESIDENT CAME OUT AND APPROACHED THE SUSPECTS. THAT’S WHEN POLICE SAY ONE OF THE WOULD BE CAR THIEVES STARTED SHOOTING. SEVERAL BULLETS HIT THE HOME WHERE THE CHILDREN WERE INSIDE. ONE GRAZED THE CHILDCARE OWNER STOMACH. IT IS CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY JUST GETTING THE PHONE CALL OF CAN YOU COME GET YOUR KIDS WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION? AND REALLY, MORALES HOPES THE ATTACK IS RANDOM BECAUSE HER BOYS REALLY LOVE THE DAYCARE. POLICE SAY THEY DO HAVE TWO TEENS THAT THEIR QUESTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING. I DID SPEAK WITH THE OWNER, HIS DAUGHTER, OFF CAMERA AND SAID HER MOM IS OKAY, BUT SHE IS SHAKEN UP. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY

Teens, ages 14, 17, taken into custody after shooting near Omaha home child care

Bullets hit an Omaha home child care Monday morning when the owner stepped out and interrupted an apparent vehicle theft in progress in the street.Omaha Police said Monday evening two teens are in custody.Just before 11 a.m., officers responded to a residence near 41st and W streets, according to authorities.Lieutenant Paul Hanson with Omaha Police said Samantha Zellmar, 32, caught two juveniles trying to break into her SUV.Zellmar confronted them and one of the juveniles fired a gun in her direction, hitting the house. The suspects then ran away.No children at the day care were hurt. Zellmar was grazed by a bullet but she did not require treatment or transport to a hospital. Officers stopped two juveniles in the area of 42nd and X streets about 45 minutes later and detained them for questioning in connection with the shooting.Police later identified them only as a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old. And OPD news release did not mention any charges against either teen.Tanya Morales' two young boys were at the childcare center at the time of the shooting. She rushed to pick them up shortly after dropping them off."It is concerning, especially just getting the call of 'can you come pick up your kids' without any explanation really," she said.Morales didn't hear what happened until arriving to pick up her kids. Even now, she said she was given limited information. She hopes the attack was random because her boys love coming to this daycare. Get the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7

OMAHA, Neb. —

Bullets hit an Omaha home child care Monday morning when the owner stepped out and interrupted an apparent vehicle theft in progress in the street.

Omaha Police said Monday evening two teens are in custody.

Just before 11 a.m., officers responded to a residence near 41st and W streets, according to authorities.

Lieutenant Paul Hanson with Omaha Police said Samantha Zellmar, 32, caught two juveniles trying to break into her SUV.

Zellmar confronted them and one of the juveniles fired a gun in her direction, hitting the house. The suspects then ran away.

No children at the day care were hurt. Zellmar was grazed by a bullet but she did not require treatment or transport to a hospital.

Officers stopped two juveniles in the area of 42nd and X streets about 45 minutes later and detained them for questioning in connection with the shooting.

Police later identified them only as a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old. And OPD news release did not mention any charges against either teen.

Tanya Morales' two young boys were at the childcare center at the time of the shooting. She rushed to pick them up shortly after dropping them off.

"It is concerning, especially just getting the call of 'can you come pick up your kids' without any explanation really," she said.

Morales didn't hear what happened until arriving to pick up her kids. Even now, she said she was given limited information.

She hopes the attack was random because her boys love coming to this daycare.

Get the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7

Teens, ages 14, 17, taken into custody after shooting near Omaha home child care

A shooting outside a home childcare center on 41st and W street caused a minor injury to the owner after she was grazed by a bullet. Police say the shooting happened after a confrontation over a car theft.

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