Overview
- Omaha police fatally shot 31-year-old Noemi Guzman on Tuesday outside the South 72nd Street Walmart after she cut a 3-year-old boy during what investigators describe as an abduction attempt.
- The child suffered a large cut across his face and a hand wound, underwent surgery at Children’s Nebraska, and is expected to survive.
- Investigators say store video shows Guzman shoplifting a large kitchen knife, confronting a caretaker in an aisle, and forcing her to walk ahead of the cart, while body-camera stills show the blade near the child as officers issued repeated commands.
- Officers Roger Oseka and Brian Seaton were placed on paid critical-incident leave as the Omaha Police Department, the Nebraska State Patrol, and county sheriffs review body-worn and surveillance footage.
- The Douglas County Attorney’s Office will present the case to a grand jury as required when a death occurs during apprehension, and court records show Guzman was found not responsible by reason of insanity in a 2024 case.