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Omaha Shooting Victims Identified

crime-scene-police-shoot(AP) — Omaha police have identified a man who was killed and a man who was injured in nearby shootings overnight.

33-year-old Jhonte Peters, of Omaha, died from his injuries after officers found him in the street around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Peters was pronounced dead a local hospital.

Authorities say the gunman fled in a vehicle, but witnesses gave several different descriptions of the vehicle.

About 20 minutes later, police found a man who had been grazed by a bullet about three miles away. Police say 24-year-old Mark Minor was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

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