16-year old girl shot to death in Omaha

Eriana Carr, age 16

16-year old Eriana Carr and her 20-year old cousin Nakia Johnson were just returning to Eriana's home at night when they were greeted at the gate of the home by an unknown assailant, who then shot the two.  Eriana was fatally wounded.  Nakia was taken to the hospital and is in grave, but stable condition.

From an article:

16 year old Eriana Carr was a bright and active teenager.  She was a popular cheerleader that played basketball and dreamed of going to college in New York.  "She was full of life.  She could light up a room with her smile.  She was really goofy at some times.  She wanted to be an actress, she loved her school," her mother says.

"When you talk to students about her, it has to do with the fact that she was a people person.  As soon as you met her, you instantly felt a connection," Benson High School Principal, Anita Baldwin says.

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At the hospital Tuesday night, a woman buried her head into someone's chest and moaned outside the emergency room entrance at the medical center. “They killed my baby!” she screamed. “They killed her!” Eriana's mother, Shavon Carr, was surrounded by family at her home Wednesday. Also inside was Eriana's boyfriend. The family showed a photo of the couple from last year's homecoming dance, as well as photos ofthe teen and her friends.

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Nebraska man shot during confrontation with teens in Omaha

Dallas Waters, age 30, was driving through Omaha, Nebraska, when he witnessed two teen boys pushing a girl.  He intervened to stop it, when one of the boys pulled out a gun and shot him, injuring him.  A second bullet hit a neighboring middle school. 

The boys escaped.  The school, and two others in the area, were on lockdown temporarily while the search proceeded.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

12-year old boy shot in leg during botched robbery

Bayan Pony, age 12

A 12-year old boy, Bayan Pony, was playing a video game in his Omaha, Nebraska home when two men apparently tried to break into an apartment above the boy's apartment. They ran down stairs, turned, and fired back at the apartments.

(news video with interview HERE)

From the article:

"Boom! Boom! Boom! And people were stomping and it sounded like they were having a wrestling fighting," [Bayan's father] said.

His son Bayan Pony and his cousin were at home playing video games. Moments later, bullets weren't just on the television, their whole living room backing a battlefield.

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The shooting started upstairs when two people tried to break in to the upstairs apartment. The shooters ran down the stairs. But before they took off, they fired five rounds of bullets back at the house.
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On Saturday morning you could see bullet holes inside the house. The Pony's living was covered. There was even a bullet that flew through 3 walls before ending up in the kitchen.

"Bam, so he was like run, and as he was turning the four other rounds went off and one of them hit him in the leg," Pony said.

The bullet came through wall below the television and hit Bayan right in the leg.

"He didn't realize that he had got shot at that time, when he got to a safer place, that was when he realized he got shot," Pony said, "I couldn't believe it, you know, if I... it was that close, really close. I thank god he was alright."
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Police say that while they were investigating the shooting they found a marijuana grow operation in an apartment adjoining the house.

James English has been arrested for growing and an intent to sell the drugs. Police are still investigating to see if the drugs and shooting are related.

14-year old Omaha boy accidently shoots himself while walking home

An investigation is underway, but it appears that a 14-year old boy accidentally shot himself with a gun while walking home.

The boy was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in serious condition, said Lt. Gregg Barrios.

Police received conflicting accounts from the boy and a family member about what happened.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.