Woman fatally shot by officers after slashing boy in Walmart shopping cart: Police
6abc Philadelphia • • general
Key Points:
- A 31-year-old woman, Noemi Guzman, was fatally shot by Omaha police after she refused to drop a kitchen knife and slashed a 3-year-old boy in a shopping cart outside a Walmart.
- The boy, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries, was reunited with his guardian and taken to the hospital.
- Guzman had stolen the knife inside the store, threatened the boy and guardian, and forced the guardian to lead her through the store into the parking lot before police arrived.
- Officers issued multiple commands for Guzman to drop the knife; after she cut the child, two officers fired their weapons, striking her.
- Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer praised the officers for their professionalism and decisive action in protecting the child and public safety.
