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Police release names of south Omaha shooting victims

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have released the names of a man who was fatally shot and another wounded in south Omaha.

An Omaha Police Department news release says two police officers working off-duty at the Guaca Maya restaurant heard gunshots just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday. They found the two victims just north of the restaurant.

Both were taken to Nebraska Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead. He’s been identified as 23-year-old Franco Gonzalez-Mendez. The wounded man was identified as 22-year-old Edgar Gonzalez-Mendez. Police spokesman Michael Pecha (PEH’-kuh) couldn’t confirm whether the two are related.

No arrests have been reported.

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