Woman killed in officer-involved shooting at Omaha Walmart during alleged kidnapping attempt - BERITAJA

A female was killed successful an officer-involved shooting Tuesday greeting astatine an Omaha Walmart aft constabulary said she trim a 3-year-old kid pinch a weapon during an alleged kidnapping attempt.

The kid was taken to the infirmary pinch a ample trim crossed his look and is expected to recover, Omaha Deputy Police Chief Scott Gray said astatine a news conference.

Officers were called to the shop connected 72nd and Pine Street about 9:13 a.m. section clip Gray said a personification had called 911, and a female asked for police.

"Another sound could beryllium heard successful the background, saying, 'Stop. Keep walking,'" he said.

When officers arrived about 9:20 a.m., they encountered a female extracurricular the Walmart "holding a weapon to a 3-year-old kid that was successful a shopping cart," Gray said.

"The officers gave the fishy commands," he said. "There is video that shows the suspects swiping the weapon astatine the child, cutting him crossed the face. Officers astatine that time, astatine slightest 1 officer, fired their weapon, and the fishy is deceased astatine this scene."

The suspect's personality was not released. No officers were injured, the Omaha Police Department said successful a post connected X.

Gray said that the kid was pinch a "caretaker" wrong the shop erstwhile the female approached them and pulled retired a ample knife. He said the female "took possession of the child, fundamentally kidnapping the child" and gave the caretaker commands to locomotion retired of the store.

The female followed and kept a weapon to the child, Gray said. Outside of the store, the female and the caretaker had a verbal "back and forth" until constabulary arrived.

Gray said it appears that the female whitethorn person shoplifted the weapon from Walmart, and location is nary denotation that she knew the kid aliases caretaker. It’s unclear why the female approached them, he said.

A spokesperson for Walmart said "violence for illustration this is unacceptable," and they are moving pinch police.