Woman fatally shot by officers after slashing boy in Walmart shopping cart: Police
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Key Points:
- A woman armed with a kitchen knife, identified as Noemi Guzman, 31, was fatally shot by Omaha police after slashing a 3-year-old boy in a shopping cart outside a Walmart.
- Guzman was seen on store surveillance footage shoplifting the knife, threatening the child and guardian, and refusing police commands to drop the weapon.
- The boy was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and reunited with his guardian.
- Police intervened after Guzman forced the guardian to walk ahead of the cart while threatening the child, leading to officers using their service weapons when she cut the boy.
- Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer praised the officers' professionalism and decisive action in protecting the child and public safety.
