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Man who died in West Omaha police standoff identified
WOWT • • nation
Key Points:
- Daniel Read, 44, wanted on a felony warrant, died after a standoff with police in West Omaha near 145th and Shirley streets.
- Police tracked Read by helicopter after he drove erratically and eventually broke into a home, where he pointed a gun at a resident who escaped safely.
- A SWAT team and negotiators engaged in a three-hour standoff, using flash bangs and exchanging text messages with Read.
- Gunshots were heard inside the home before officers found Read dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound; no officers fired their weapons and no one else was injured.
- The case is under investigation and will be reviewed by a grand jury since Read died in police custody, per state law.
