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UPDATE: Police ID suspect, victims in shooting

Posted at 4:26 PM, Dec 07, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-07 17:26:23-05

UPDATE: Investigators have released the names of victims in a deadly overnight shooting.  Police say 22-year-old Destacia Straughn and 2-year-old Kenacia Amerson-Straughn were killed.

The three woman who were injured are 22-year-old Kachelle Roby, 18-year-old Jamie Latner and 21-year-old Larrion Williams.

Omaha Police also identified the suspect as 23-year-old Dontevous Loyd.

They say the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force is currently out looking for him. According to police, he has active warrants for two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, five counts of use of a weapon and one count possession of gun by prohibited person.

"Loyd should be considered armed and dangerous and you should not approach or attempt to make contact with him," police said in a statement.

Anyone able to help locate him should call Omaha Crime Stoppers at (402) 44-STOP or 911.

According to online records, he was released from state prison in March 2013 after serving seven months for attempted burglary and theft by receiving stolen property.

Previous coverage:

Omaha Police are investigating a shooting that left a woman and a child dead and three people injured.

Omaha Police say it happened at 11:10 on Sunday night at the Bluffs at the Cherry Hill Apartments near 107th and Ida.

Investigators later released the ages and gender of all the victims. They say a 2-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman were killed, while three women, ages 18, 21, 22, were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The names of the victims have not been released.

Police are asking the public to call Crime Stoppers at (402) 444-STOP if they have any information.