Omaha police investigate a double homicide at the Best Western Plus at 4706 S. 108th St., where two people were shot and killed on Thursday.
An Omaha police officer stands outside the shooting scene Thursday morning at 108th and L Streets. Officials say two people were shot to death.
An ambulance leaves the Best Western near 108th and L Streets where two people were fatally shot Thursday morning. It didn't have its siren on.
Omaha firefighters were on the scene at the Best Western Plus at 4706 S. 108th St., where two people were shot and killed on Thursday.
An Omaha firefighter hoses down the sidewalk at the Best Western Plus, 4706 S. 108th St., where two people were shot and killed on Thursday.
An Omaha firefighter looks around the roof at the Best Western Plus, where two people were shot and killed on Thursday.
Police have identified two people who were killed in a shooting Thursday morning outside a motel near 108th and L Streets.
Michael Harbour, 35, and Nicole Hatten, 36, were found dead outside the Best Western Plus at 4706 S. 108th St. A dispatcher with Douglas County 911 said the call came in just after 7:35 a.m. saying two people had been shot and both of them were dead.
Omaha Police Capt. John Sokolik said officers who arrived at the scene found a man and woman dead outside the west side of the building.
A clerk who answered the phone at the Best Western said they were guests at the motel.
Officers have been interviewing witnesses, Sokolik said, but police are not yet releasing any information about a suspect.
2019 Omaha homicides
1. Jacque Holbert, 21, shot Jan. 20 near 38th and Burdette Streets.
2. Joseph Hellman, 37, killed Jan. 29 near 39th and Fort Streets. Police have not said how he died.
3. Robert Williams Jr., 28, shot Feb. 3 at 24th and Cuming Streets.
4. Elijah Foster, 18, shot Feb. 5 at 47th Street and Ellison Avenue.
5. Dylan M. Kenney, 25, stabbed April 7 at 13th and Center Streets.
6. Tyler Johnson, 24, shot May 4 at 46th Street and Camden Avenue.
7 and 8. Michael Sykora, 57, and Tracey Atkins, 50, shot June 18 near Ida Street and Northridge Drive.
9. Tanya Leffler, 37, shot in September 2018 near 20th and Maple Streets and died of her injuries June 21.
10. Jal Dak, 24, shot June 23 near 32nd and Seward Streets.
11. Leovardo Garcia, nine months old, suffered head trauma Aug. 3 at a home near 39th and Center Streets and died Aug. 26.
12. Michael A. Rowell Jr., 23, was shot Aug. 8 near 62nd and Maple Streets.
13. Kelly Barges was found dead Aug. 9 near 45th and Decatur Streets. Police said he had been beaten and strangled to death July 25.
14. Ar Li, 41, shot Aug. 14 near 49th and Hamilton Streets.
15. Bahy Altairi, 21, shot Oct. 2 near 32nd and L Streets.
16. Andrea Georgeson, 41, shot Oct. 23 near 108th Avenue and Mill Valley Road.
17. Legenn Clayton, four months old, injured Nov. 15 at a motel room near 144th Street and West Center Road and died Nov. 23 of head trauma.
18. Kenvaughn Glass, 19, shot Nov. 30 near 24th and Vane Streets.
19. Dustin Moheng, 21, found shot to death Dec. 2 at Ash and Weir Streets (northwest of 124th Avenue and Q Street).
20. Jethro DuFour, 33, shot Dec. 4 near Fifth and William Streets.
21. Charles Toles, 30, shot Dec. 13 near 18th and Emmet Streets.
22. Johnton Banks, 23, shot Dec. 26 near 30th Street and Stone Avenue (southwest of Miller Park).
23. Dana Wells, 58, became the city's 23rd and final criminal homicide victim of 2019. Police have said she was killed by 57-year-old Terry Hudson, who was fatally shot by an Omaha police officer shortly after he shot Wells. During that altercation, Officer Joshua Ames was shot in the leg.
Officials determined that Maurice Matlock was justified in the Sept. 15 fatal shooting of Deandre A. Hines, 26, and Nolan King was justified in the Sept. 28 stabbing of Shane Inks, 31.
The killings mark the 20th and 21st people slain in Omaha in 2020. In all of 2019, Omaha recorded 23 homicides.
Omaha police ask that people with information about the shootings contact Crime Stoppers at 402-444-STOP or omahacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters remain anonymous and are eligible for a cash reward of $25,000 for information leading to a homicide arrest.
Notable crime news of 2020
Read about some of the biggest and strangest crime stories in Nebraska and western Iowa.
Two former Husker players now charged with first-degree sexual assault texted each other about telling the truth about their sexual encounter with a woman, according to a court document. Read more
Authorities were able to arrest a man in connection with the December 2000 slaying of his neighbor thanks to advancements in DNA testing. Read more
A former Nebraska defensive back was sentenced in Lancaster County Court to five years' probation after pleading no contest to resisting arrest during a traffic stop. Read more
Dustin Moheng was fatally shot after a night involving arguments, drug use, a firearm transaction and a search on Snapchat for Moheng’s whereabouts. Read more
A surveillance camera recorded a young man painting a swastika on the front door of the South Street Temple at 2061 S. 20th St. A swastika also was painted on the synagogue’s steps. Lincoln police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Read more
A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped in early 2019, taken to a hotel and forced to pose for nude photos that would be used as sex advertisements. Read more
The officers were identified earlier as Joshua Ames, Jacob Sunderman and Matthew Ajuoga. Ames was shot in the leg during a New Years Eve incident and was later taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released. Read more
Since the beginning of 2014, at least 56 certified Nebraska educators were caught having inappropriate communication or sexual contact with students. Their misconduct ranged from sexual intercourse with a student to dinner and a movie with a student. Read more
Learn more about the World-Herald investigation into these instances here.Â
A Marine from Nebraska who tried to enter Offutt Air Force Base last May with firearms and ammunition in his truck was sentenced to three years in a military prison. Read more
Richard L. McIntyre, 57, was run over last Feb. 3 by a Ford F-250 pickup truck. He had been walking to get a pack of cigarettes near 84th and Q Streets. The pickup driver, 44-year-old Michael W. Sullivan, drove off and didn’t turn himself in until nine days later. Read more
Seven years after spending some time in jail with Joshua Keadle, Cory Pfeifer saw a news report about Keadle being charged with murder in the disappearance and death of Peru State College student Tyler Thomas. The report prompted Pfeifer, now a truck driver from Plattsmouth, to go to the Nemaha County Attorney’s Office and relate something Keadle told him in that county’s jail about the missing student. Read more
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