Omaha Police Fatally Shoot Woman Who Cut 3-Year-Old Boy With Knife at Walmart
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Two Omaha police officers fatally shot Noemi Guzman, 31, after she threatened and cut a 3-year-old boy with a kitchen knife in a Walmart parking lot.
- Guzman had stolen the knife from inside the store, brandished it at the child and his babysitter, and forced them to move from the store aisle to the parking lot.
- Police arrived following 911 calls reporting a woman armed with a large kitchen knife and attempted to get Guzman to drop the weapon, but she refused and injured the child.
- The officers fired their service weapons after Guzman continued to pose a threat; she was provided aid but died at the scene.
- The Omaha Police Department is currently investigating the incident.
