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Man cited for accidental shooting

Posted at 10:23 AM, Mar 07, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-07 11:23:42-05

Omaha Police issued a citation for a man they say accidentally shot himself and his girlfriend.

Police say they responded to a report of a shooting around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, at the City View Apartments.

The man, later identified as Wyatt Keene, was injured initially said he and his girlfriend had been shot somewhere else, but later admitted to accidentally firing a gun, investigators said.

The bullet hit him in his left hand and traveled on to hit his girlfriend in the right arm, according to police.
Keene was cited for an unregistered gun and discharging a firearm.