Another Omaha adolescent was absent to gun violence, as 16-year-old Johntavious "JT" Swift was attempt while he absolved home from the academy bus stop, Wednesday afternoon, abreast 36th and Forest Lawn Avenue. A $25,000 banknote accolade is actuality offered for advice arch to the arrest of the abyss complex in this case. Witnesses are encouraged to alarm or go on-line to ability Crimestoppers with accordant information.
Johntavious' afterlife was one of a adventurous of shootings in northeast Omaha on Wednesday. Four added bodies were attempt in altered incidents including:
William Taylor, 49, and Joi Bradley, 36
Davonte Ross, 20
Jamel Payne, 29
These shootings were amid abundant shootings that occurred in Omaha this year. In fact, in researching such a ample cardinal of incidents, I cannot be assertive the account beneath is alike a complete list. Those that I was able to certificate include:
September 14, 2014 Quincy L. Harden, 36, (20th assassination of the year)
August 28, 2014 Lamar King, 26, Marcus Johnson, 18, and Johnnie Wilson, 19
July 20, 2014 Frank Sanders, 59
July 15, 2014 Brian Sangster, 30
July 13, 2014 cutting and cutting in east Omaha, 3 injured
June 10, 2014, Taelor Fentress, 6
June 5, 2014, Darnell Russell, 31, and Kenisha Lemon, 20
June 7, 2014 Brandon Wallace, 23
June 6, 2014, Shawn Smith, 24, and Stanley Taylor, 22
May 12, 2014, Emmanuel Deng, 26; at atomic one added being accustomed a gun attempt wound.
April 29, 2014, LaShana Westbrook, 16
February 23, 2014, Dominique Hollie, 17
January 15, 2014, Peyton Benson, 5
Not all of these incidents were fatal. And these statistics do not accommodate all Omaha murders for the year. What is abnormally alarming is the cardinal of accouchement who were victims of gun abandon in Omaha this year. Of the about 22 cutting incidents listed here, about ¼ of the victims were age 18 and under. I can anticipate of annihilation added adverse than the accident of one's child, at any age. If you accept any advice apropos to these cases or any others, amuse appear forward. The activity you ability save by accepting a analgesic off the streets could be the activity of addition you love.
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