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Stray bullet kills 5-year-old relative of Omaha councilman while she eats breakfast
According to another writeup, a "high powered rifle" was involved.
Police in Omaha have vowed to find the person who fired the bullet that killed a 5-year-old girl while she was eating breakfast this week.
According to the Omaha World-Herald, Payton Benson was eating breakfast Wednesday morning when a bullet fired from a block away came through the wall of her home. She was taken to Alegent Creighton Medical Center in critical condition where she later died.
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Investigators determined that about 20 shots were fired during a gunfight about a block away from Benson’s home. Police released surveillance photos of three men standing next to a black Jeep. A $5,000 reward was offered for information that helps solve the case. Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 444-STOP.
“What I heard was just massive amounts of gunfire,” neighbor Nick Todd told WOWT. “Both guns had to be completely unloaded. Uh, it, both guns were very large guns. They weren’t small guns.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/16/stray-bullet-kills-5-year-old-relative-of-omaha-councilman-while-she-eats-breakfast/
According to the Omaha World-Herald, Payton Benson was eating breakfast Wednesday morning when a bullet fired from a block away came through the wall of her home. She was taken to Alegent Creighton Medical Center in critical condition where she later died.
...
Investigators determined that about 20 shots were fired during a gunfight about a block away from Benson’s home. Police released surveillance photos of three men standing next to a black Jeep. A $5,000 reward was offered for information that helps solve the case. Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 444-STOP.
“What I heard was just massive amounts of gunfire,” neighbor Nick Todd told WOWT. “Both guns had to be completely unloaded. Uh, it, both guns were very large guns. They weren’t small guns.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/16/stray-bullet-kills-5-year-old-relative-of-omaha-councilman-while-she-eats-breakfast/