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Photos: Shots fired at west Omaha Target
Customers enter the Target at 17810 West Center Road Wednesday, one day after fleeing the store when a gunman started firing. An Omaha police officer shot and killed the man.
Customers line up Wednesday so they can retrieve their belongings a day after they fled a Target at 17810 West Center Road.
Employees and customers retrieve their belongings from the Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha Wednesday. A gunman entered the store one day earlier and started shooting, sparking panic among those inside.
A sign tells shoppers of the temporary closure at the Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha Wednesday. A gunman walked into the store the day before and was killed by police.
Employees and customers retrieve their belongings Wednesday, one day after they fled the Target at 17810 West Center Road when a man walked in and started firing an AR-15 style rifle. An Omaha police officer shot and killed the man.
Police tape is still present Wednesday, one day after an Omaha police officer shot and killed an armed man who entered the Target store at 17810 West Center Road and started shooting.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Neal Bonacci, with the Omaha Police Department, speaks as emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer and others respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
A shopping cart with purchases sits in the parking lot as emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Emergency personnel respond to an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Employees walk away from an active shooter situation at the Super Target at 17810 West Center Road in Omaha on Tuesday. The suspect was shot dead by Omaha Police. There were no reports of other shooting victims.
Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Omaha police bomb K9 investigate the scene of a shooting at the Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Law enforcement, including an Omaha police bomb K9 look at a car in the parking lot after a shooting at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Omaha police investigate the scene of a shooting at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
The Omaha police mobile command unit is parked in front of the scene of a shooting at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
The Omaha police mobile command unit is parked in front of the scene of a shooting at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement officers on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement officers on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement officers on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
An agent with the FBI is on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement officers on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
Multiple law enforcement officers on the scene of a shots fire call at a Target at 17810 West Center Road on Tuesday.
