UPDATE

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Police say they have located a missing 3-year-old girl safe with her biological mother.

Excelsior Springs Police Capt. Clint Reno says an Amber Alert had been issued earlier for Ramy (RAY’-mee) Demboski, who was taken earlier in the day from her father’s home.

Police said an adult was watching Ramy when a woman came to the door saying her car had broken down and she needed help. After the stranger left, the adult noticed Ramy was missing.

Police say the girl has been the subject of a custody dispute.

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Police in northwest Missouri are looking for a 3-year-old girl who may have been abducted from the home where she lives with her father and stepmother.

Excelsior Springs police issued an Amber Alert shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday for Ramy (RAY’-mee) Angeline Demboski. The girl has blond hair and was last seen wearing a white shirt, flannel shorts and black flip-flops.

Ramy has been the subject of a custody dispute.

Police said an adult was watching Ramy when a woman came to the door around 3:30 p.m. saying her car had broken down and she needed help. After the stranger left, the adult noticed Ramy was missing.

Authorities are looking for a blue-gray Dodge Charger with Nebraska plates. They’re also trying to contact Ramy’s biological mother.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s police chief says officers are taking the death of a “Cops” TV show crew member very hard.

Police officers who opened fire while disrupting a robbery at a fast-food restaurant Tuesday night killed sound man Bryce Dion as well as the robbery suspect, who was carrying what officers thought was a real handgun. It turned out that the gun fires only plastic pellets.

The other man who was killed has been identified as parolee Cortez Washington.

Dion was wearing a bullet-proof vest but Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says a single bullet “slipped into a gap in the vest” and struck him in the chest. A full video of what happened isn’t being released but will be part of a grand jury investigation.

The crew for the reality show has been filming all summer in Omaha and had only one week left in the city.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a beloved chicken statue that was reported missing from a Lincoln restaurant has been found damaged.

Lincoln police say the chicken, known as Pioneer Pete, was stolen early Saturday from Lee’s Restaurant. All that remained of the 5-foot, 200-pound statue were torn chicken feet.

The statue was found Wednesday behind the restaurant with most of its head broken. The restaurant owners say they’re grateful the thief or thieves returned all the broken pieces, which will help when fixing the bird.

The statue has been outside the restaurant for 50 years. The owners say its disappearance brought dozens of visitors to the business for photo ops with the torn chicken feet.

Police say they’ve dusted Pete for fingerprints, but they have no suspects.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man believed to have been shot while breaking in to an Omaha home remains hospitalized in fair condition.

Police say the 29-year-old man was shot early Tuesday morning by the home’s 73-year-old owner as the younger man was trying to enter the house through a front window he had broken.

Officers who arrived at the home found the younger man on the front porch, bleeding. He was taken to an Omaha hospital in critical condition, but was soon upgraded to fair condition.

No charges have yet been filed in the case. The investigation continues.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a state emergency response fund is financially solid despite a year of heavy storms that caused millions of dollars in damage in Nebraska.

State officials said Wednesday that the governor’s emergency fund has $7 million available for future disasters. The fund is used to reimburse local governments for some of their emergency expenses.

It was nearly depleted in 2012 after wildfires swept through central and western Nebraska. This year, the state has experienced severe storms and tornadoes that caused millions of dollars in damage, but many of the affected areas qualified for federal disaster aid or were covered by private insurance.

Gov. Dave Heineman says the Federal Emergency Management Agency responded well to the disasters in Nebraska, and volunteers also played a critical role.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 39-year-old man already sentenced in California and Nebraska for sexual abuse of teenage girls has been given federal time for child pornography.

Prosecutors say Todd Tackwell, formerly of Lincoln, on Tuesday was sentenced to 13 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. Federal investigators first contacted Tackwell in August 2008 when he lived in Hastings. He was indicted in 2010 after investigators found pornographic videos on his computer.

In November he was given 35 to 45 years in a Nebraska prison for child sexual assault. He’d had a sexual relationship with a girl that started when she was 14. In California, Tackwell was convicted in April 2012 of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl. He’s been serving his California sentence of 25 years to life.

jailFREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 53-year-old Iowa man has been imprisoned for stealing dozens of brass vases from an eastern Nebraska cemetery.

Gary Hostetter, of Carter Lake, Iowa, on Monday was given 20 to 60 months. He had pleaded no contest to a theft charge. Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass has said Hostetter admitted taking 45 vases from Memorial Cemetery in Fremont earlier this year.

Dodge County Jail records say Hostetter remained in custody on Tuesday. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A 53-year-old Iowa man has been imprisoned for stealing dozens of brass vases from an eastern Nebraska cemetery.

Gary Hostetter, of Carter Lake, Iowa, on Monday was given 20 to 60 months. He had pleaded no contest to a theft charge. Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass has said Hostetter admitted taking 45 vases from Memorial Cemetery in Fremont earlier this year.

Dodge County Jail records say Hostetter remained in custody on Tuesday. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.

UPDATE 8/27/14 10:45 a.m.

According to Omaha Police, the COPS crew member who was shot during the shootout has died.

No further details have been released.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a suspect has been killed and a crew member with the “Cops” television show has been wounded in a shootout after police interrupted a robbery at an Omaha fast-food restaurant.

Deputy Police Chief Dave Baker says an officer saw a man robbing the restaurant about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday and called for backup. The shooting soon erupted. Police have not said whether the suspect was fatally wounded by police gunfire.

No officers were hit, and police say no other suspects are being sought. The “Cops” crew member was taken to a hospital. The names of those involved haven’t been released.

The Wendy’s near 42nd and Dodge streets remained closed Wednesday morning with bullet holes in the windows.

“Cops” is syndicated reality show that depicts law enforcement officers in action.