Shooting in Omaha - lets find the mistakes

[AAllen]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911199974

Published Thursday November 19, 2009

Mall owner halts pistol-whipping
By Andrew J. Nelson
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER



The owner of a strip mall near 32nd and Q Streets and his son interrupted a pistol-whipping tonight.



See World Herald for complete story.  Discharging a firearm at a disarmed fleeing suspect, not good for police, just as bad for a civilian.

[FarmerRick]

The small story I seen about it on KMTV last night seemed to almost glorify the shooter in the interview.  Kinda surprising.  

http://www.kmtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11542566

Heroes Take Action During Brutal Beating

Posted: Nov 19, 2009 11:02 PM

Omaha, NE - Two good Samaritans take action during a brutal beating on an Omaha street. It happened at 32nd and 'Q' streets just after eight Thursday night. You could call it a family affair when a father-son duo come to the rescue. They see a man being pistol whipped in a parking lot outside a restaurant. The dad then takes out his own gun to try to stop the suspect.

More than half a dozen shell casings litter the ground at the La Ezmeralda strip mall. The bullets didn't come from the suspects gun, rather the gun of the man who owns the place.

Read more at the link  

[ghknives]

I wonder if Mr. Gomez has a ccw permit? It will be interesting to see how Omaha handles this. In trying to do what he felt was right he violated Nebraska and possibly Omaha  law.

[AAllen]

Update from the morning paper:

Police considered ticketing Gomez on suspicion of unlawful discharge of a firearm but decided against it, said Sgt. Mark Matuza. Gomez, he said, believed that the attacker still had a gun.

Full Story:  http://www.omaha.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/711209898

Contains some other good examples of citizens coming to the aid of police.

[bullit]

I doesn't matter whether he had a CHP.  He is on private property, his. 

[ghknives]

I know it doesn't matter but was just curious. If he does, the fall out may reflect on those that do.