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Police still investigating, man killed identified

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have identified a man killed earlier this week in a shooting.

Police say 28-year-old Barry Averett III was fatally wounded in the Wednesday shooting.

Officers who were responding to a call about shots fired found Averett in a street a little before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

He was taken to The Nebraska Medical Center and was pronounced dead there a short time later.

Bullets also struck a house near where Averett was found.

No arrests have been made, and police are still investigating.

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