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The suspect told the woman to walk in front of a shopping cart,
and she followed with the child at knifepoint, Gray said. They
proceeded out of the store and down a driveway where the two
women had “some verbal back and forth” for several minutes until
officers arrived, Gray said.
After receiving a 911 call, police arrived outside the Walmart
and gave the suspect commands, at which point she began “swiping
the knife at the child, cutting him across the face," Gray said.
At least one officer fired at the suspect, and she died at the
scene.
Body-worn camera images police released show the woman raising a
knife over the young boy sitting in a shopping cart as an
officer aims a gun at her.
The child was being treated at a hospital for a large laceration
across the left side of his face and to a hand, Gray said. He is
expected to survive.
It is unclear what provoked the suspect. Gray said the two women
did not know each other. The relationship between the boy and
his caretaker wasn't clear.
Police are reviewing video from the store. The event appears to
be an isolated incident, Gray said. The Walmart was largely
empty as police continued their investigation, he said.
The actions inside the store wouldn't necessarily have drawn
attention from other shoppers, he said.
“They kind of just purposely but casually walk out of the store,
so I don't think anybody was actually looking at them as being a
suspect of anything,” Gray said.
The police shooting will be investigated by Omaha police with
help from the Nebraska State Patrol and the Sarpy County
Sheriff's Office.
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