Overview
- Police in Omaha, responding Tuesday morning to 911 calls at a Walmart on South 72nd Street, shot and killed a knife-wielding woman after she cut a 3-year-old boy in a shopping cart.
- Authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Noemi Guzman and named the officers who fired as Roger Oseka and Brian Seaton, and the boy underwent surgery and is expected to survive.
- Investigators say store video shows Guzman shoplifted a large kitchen knife, confronted the child and caretaker in an aisle, and forced the caretaker to walk ahead as she led them outside.
- A multijurisdictional investigation is underway with the Nebraska State Patrol and Douglas and Sarpy County sheriff’s offices, the officers are on paid critical-incident leave, and body-camera and surveillance footage are under review.
- Nebraska law requires a grand jury review when someone dies during apprehension, and court records show Guzman had a 2024 case with an insanity finding that has renewed questions about mental-health treatment and supervision.