2019 Omaha homicides
There were 23 homicides in Omaha in 2019. The victims' ages range from 4 months to 58 years. December was the deadliest month with five victims; August the second-most deadly with four.
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.
Dakota Pirruccello pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and use of a weapon in the death of Brian Faeller, who was shot after Pirruccello and others came to his Bellevue apartment to rob him.
Dustin Moheng, 21, was found dead Monday morning in a yard near the intersection of Ash and Weird Streets, police have said.
Jethro DuFour, 33, became Omaha's latest homicide victim Wednesday afternoon following a shooting at the Little Italy intersection of Fifth and William Streets.
Jacob Heyer, 30, pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge Monday in a deal reached a day before the case was to go to trial, according to the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office. Heyer had faced a charge of first-degree murder and the possibility of life in prison if convicted.
Alfredo V. Dominguez III of Lincoln was arrested in connection with the Saturday shooting death of Randy N. Garcia-Ramos, 19, of Omaha.
Police listed the suspects as two Hispanic males between 18 and 19 years old possibly driving a Silver Chrysler 300 with black wheels.
An Omaha man pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in connection with the 2018 slaying of Brent Quigley.
Christopher Martin had been a prime suspect in the case since the beginning, Omaha Police Detective Dave Schneider said.
Christopher Martin is accused of fatally shooting Todd Schumacher, who was found dead on the sidewalk outside his home near 29th and W Streets on Dec. 5, 2000.
23-year-old Kaleb Johnson arrived by private vehicle at Immanuel Medical Center. He then was taken by rescue squad to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy.
Louis French Jr. and three others will stand trial in connection with the slaying of Kelly Barges.
LaZell Hampton, 22, was a graduate of Papillion-La Vista High School, and participated in activities including show choir, modeling, dancing and guitar. "He was a person who could light up the room with every step he took, just by a smile," his brother said.
Omaha police responded to a stabbing at 2309 Irving Court shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday. They found LaZell Hampton, 22, suffering from a stab wound.
Improvements in DNA evidence, as well as advances in cellphone and Facebook records, are helping fill in the blanks created when there’s no body found.
Dakota Pirruccello, 19, will be eligible for parole after about 22½ years and must be released after 27½ years.
Police indicated that two people, a male and female, were taken into custody.
Anthony Donald, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Jade Lea, 25, was shot Monday evening near 49th and Maple Streets.
A judge ruled Friday that Dalton Dukes, 30, will stand trial on a first-degree murder charge and two weapons charges.
A Thursday night shooting in North Omaha left a man with extremely critical injuries.
A clerk who answered the phone at the Best Western said the two people who were killed were guests at the motel.
The death of an Omaha man found in the driveway of a home Friday morning appears to be legally justified, according to the Nebraska Attorney General's Office.