Editor's Pick Woman breaks into Omaha church rectory armed with knife; priest rescued from 2nd-floor window From the What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases series Kevin Cole World-Herald Staff Writer Mar 3, 2024 Mar 3, 2024 Updated May 9, 2024 0 × Download the new Journal Star News Mobile App Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 29-year-old woman was taken into custody Sunday after barricading herself in a south Omaha church rectory while armed with a knife.kAm%96 H@>2? 3C@<6 :?E@ E96 C64E@CJ 2E $E] uC2?46D r23C:?: r2E9@=:4 r9FC49 ?62C `_E9 2?5 (:==:2> $EC66ED 23@FE e 2]>][ 2? ~>292 A@=:46 DA@<6D>2? D2:5 $F?52J] %96 H@>2? H2D E2<6? :?E@ 4FDE@5J 3J A@=:46 H9:=6 2EE6>AE:?8 E@ ;F>A 7C@> 2 D64@?5\7=@@C H:?5@H]k^AmkAmp AC:6DE :? E96 C64E@CJ 2E `bbc $] hE9 $E][ 42==65 h`` E@ C6A@CE E96 3C62<\:? 2?5 E96? 32CC:42565 9:>D6=7 :? 2 D64@?5\7=@@C C@@>] p A@=:46 DA@<6D>2? 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E92E :?4:56?E]k^Am kevin.cole@owh.com, 402-444-1272 In this Series What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases Updated Mar 6, 2024 Teens arrested on suspicion of burglaries at three Omaha vape shops Updated May 9, 2024 Woman breaks into Omaha church rectory armed with knife; priest rescued from 2nd-floor window Updated Mar 6, 2024 Sheriff's office confiscates three knives brought to Douglas County Courthouse Thursday 9 updates Previous Next 0 Comments Locations Lincoln Sign up for our Crime & Courts newsletter Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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One person dies following shooting in Omaha's Old Market Twenty-four-year-old Ja'Sean Coleman of Omaha died early Monday at an Omaha hospital following a shooting in the Old Market neighborhood.
Woman armed with knife told Omaha priest she was in rectory 'to do terrible things' Sounds of shattering glass startled the Rev. Damian Zuerlein from his sleep Sunday and he opened his bedroom door to find a woman armed with "…
