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UPDATE: 'Active shooter' suspect in custody

Posted at 2:34 PM, Feb 10, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-10 17:49:57-05

UPDATES:

4:44 p.m. - Witness describes seeing suspect before bar shooting

4:31 p.m. - Gunfire damages west Omaha bar

4:26 p.m. - Police ID 'active shooter' suspect as 63 -year-old Dwight Rodgers

3:08 p.m. - Omaha Police spokesperson says the active shooter suspect is in custody and all are safe.

3:04 p.m. Multiple schools in the area are on lockdown, including the nearby Kinder Care and Skutt. Morton Elementary issued a hold to keep students from leaving the building.

2:30 p.m. - Officers surround an apartment building as they search for the suspect.

2 p.m. - Officers respond to report of shots fired at 16939 Wright Plaza, the Parliament Pub bar at The Shops of Legacy.

Previous coverage:

Omaha Police are investigating shots fired at a west Omaha bar Wednesday afternoon.

Officers responded to the call of a shooting around 2 p.m. at the Parliament Pub at The Shops of Legacy.

A spokesperson with the Omaha Police Department asked the public to avoid the area of 159th Street and Wright Plaza because of an active shooter in the area.

 

 

School officials at Skutt have confirmed the school is on lock down. 

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