FULL NEWS BRIEFING: Papillion Police give update on chase, officer-involved shooting
Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted said it all started with gunshots at the Tara Plaza and ended in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect in the Home Depot parking lot.
KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND WE'RE COMING IN RIGHT NOW TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON TONIGHT'S BREAKING NEWS. THAT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN PAPILLION PAPILLION POLICE CHIEF IS TALKING LIVE RIGHT NOW. LET'S GO THERE. WAS INITIATED. THERE WERE SOME SHOTS EXCHANGED DOWN NEAR 96TH AND CORNHUSKER NEAR THE LUX GRILL. THE PURSUIT CONTINUED ENDED UP OVER HERE IN THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT. SUSPECTS WERE FIRED UPON. THEY RETURNED FIRE AND THE SUSPECT WAS CRITICALLY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO TRAUMA CENTER. OFFICERS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE STARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. IS THERE ONE SUSPECT OR MULTIPLE ONE SUSPECT THAT WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW? AND YOU SAID THIS STARTED AT MING'S RESTAURANT. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT SPARKED IT? WE DON'T. WE KNOW THERE WAS A DISTURBANCE OF SOME TYPE AND SHOTS FIRED. THAT'S HOW THE CALL CAME OUT. AND OFFICERS RESPONDED. AND YOU SAID THERE WAS A THIRD SCENE AT A GRILL DOWN HERE AT NINE 96TH IN THE CORNHUSKER PORTAL AREA. THERE WERE SOME SHOTS FIRED, BUT WE'RE STILL WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO DETERMINE. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS, WHAT INVOLVEMENT THAT WAS AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE SHOTS. AND THIS INVOLVED A CHASE OF SOME SORT THAT ENDED HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OFFICERS SPOTTED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AFTER IT FLED THE SCENE, PURSUED IT ENSUED. ENDED UP HERE AT HOME DEPOT, AND OFFICERS WERE FIRED UPON AND OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE AND THE SUSPECT WAS CRITICALLY INJURED. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT THAT STARTED THIS? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. ANY BYSTANDERS INJURED AT ALL? NO. BYSTANDERS WERE INJURED. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WITNESSES AT DIFFERENT SCENES, THREE DIFFERENT SCENES. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. THE SARPY COUNTY FORCE INVESTIGATION TEAM HAS COME OUT AND THEY'LL BE TAKING OVER THE INVESTIGATION. THAT'S A TEAM MADE UP OF SARPY, BELLEVUE, PAPILLION, LA VISTA OFFICERS, INVESTIGATORS THAT WILL DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS INVESTIGATION. AND THEY'RE THERE AT ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS. NOW, FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING, WAS IT THE SUSPECT THAT INITIATED THE GUNFIRE? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT TO DETERMINE AND AND GO THROUGH. THE INVESTIGATION WILL OBVIOUSLY BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH THE INITIAL SHOTS FIRED CALL. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT WAS BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO KNEW EACH OTHER OR IT'S UNDETERMINED AT THIS POINT? I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPECULATE. IT WAS A MALE. IT WAS A MALE SUSPECT. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF FIREARM WAS USED? WE'RE STILL DETERMINING ALL OF THAT. WHAT WAS ALL INVOLVED IN THE IN THE SHOOTING. BUT THAT WILL COME OUT AT A LATER POINT. WAS ONE OFFICER OR MORE THAN ONE OFFICER TO RETURN FIRE? THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE OFFICER RETURNED FIRE. YES, I KNOW AN OFFICER NEVER WANTS TO TO HAVE TO USE HIS WEAPON. WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO YOU GUYS GO FOR? FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THE SARPY DOUGLAS LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY. WE GET TOP NOTCH TRAINING, THE OFFICERS GET LOTS AND LOTS OF REPS. WE DO REP. REP THIS. YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH, SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT SITUATIONS. THEY GO THROUGH SCENARIOS. THEY GO THROUGH FELONY TRAFFIC STOPS. AND I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB, A GREAT JOB OF TRAINING OFFICERS TO HANDLE A SITUATION LIKE THIS. AND, AND FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO OFFICERS INJURED TONIGHT. SO I'M I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND I SHOULD ALSO SAY THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT. NOBODY SHOULD BE ALARMED. THERE'S NO THIRD, SECOND OR THIRD SUSPECT OUT THERE. AGAIN, THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF. SO ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW? I JUST THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES AND CONTAINED THE SITUATION QUICKLY. EVERYBODY IS, IS, IS SAFE AT THIS POINT. FROM A CITIZEN STANDPOINT. BUT THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE ONGOING PROBABLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE. OTHER THAN THAT, ONE SUSPECT, HAVE YOU TAKEN ANYONE ELSE INTO CUSTODY OR ARE YOU QUESTIONING ANYONE ELSE? THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF INTERVIEWS BEING DONE WITH OTHER OTHER WITNESSES, IF YOU WILL, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO OTHER ARRESTS AND NO OTHER SUSPECTS THAT WE BELIEVE. WOULD IT BE FAIR TO DESCRIBE THOSE INJURIES AS LIFE THREATENING? YES. AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO HOME DEPOT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY. WELL, HOME DEPOT IS CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG IT WILL BE CLOSED, BUT THE PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION HAS GOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO, TO PROCEED AND MOVE FORWARD. HOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS? DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE CLOSED AS WELL? THEY WILL BE TOO, FOR A WHILE. I DON'T BELIEVE ALL OF TERRA PLAZA'S IS CLOSED, BUT CERTAINLY THE SECTIONS THAT THAT WE NEED TO ARE WE BELIEVE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, INTRICATE OR PERTINENT TO THE INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED. BUT AGAIN, I COULDN'T PUT A TIME FRAME ON IT. AND DO YOU KNOW IF THE DISTURBANCE WAS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF MING'S. I BELIEVE IT WAS OUTSIDE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SPECULATION. JUST INITIAL INITIAL DISCUSSION POINTS. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S STUFF THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE. BUT I BELIEVE THE SHOTS THAT WERE FIRED WERE OUTSIDE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALL GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT IN THE IN THE COMING COMING HOURS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. YEP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST HEARD FROM CHIEF CHRIS WHITTED AND PAPILLION, WHO WRAPPED UP THAT OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING SCENE, SAYS THE SUSPECT IS CRITICALLY INJURED. NO ONE ELSE IS IN DANGER. 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FULL NEWS BRIEFING: Papillion Police give update on chase, officer-involved shooting
Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted said it all started with gunshots at the Tara Plaza and ended in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect in the Home Depot parking lot.
Updated: 11:02 PM CDT May 29, 2026
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Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted provided an update late Friday night on the officer-involved shooting that happened at the Home Depot near 84th and Cornhusker.Initial reports indicated a disturbance started outside Ming’s Restaurant where the suspect opened fire. When police located the suspect, a pursuit got underway that ended in the parking lot of Home Depot with more gunshots.The chief said from his understanding, the suspect initiated the gunfire in the Home Depot parking lot, but that the exchange remains under investigation. He confirmed multiple officers opened fire. No bystanders or officers were injured. The suspect was taken to the hospital with a “life-threatening” injury. “There’s no danger to the public,” Chief Whitted said. “Everybody is safe from a citizens’ standpoint.”
Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted provided an update late Friday night on the officer-involved shooting that happened at the Home Depot near 84th and Cornhusker.
Initial reports indicated a disturbance started outside Ming’s Restaurant where the suspect opened fire. When police located the suspect, a pursuit got underway that ended in the parking lot of Home Depot with more gunshots.
The chief said from his understanding, the suspect initiated the gunfire in the Home Depot parking lot, but that the exchange remains under investigation. He confirmed multiple officers opened fire.
No bystanders or officers were injured. The suspect was taken to the hospital with a “life-threatening” injury.
“There’s no danger to the public,” Chief Whitted said. “Everybody is safe from a citizens’ standpoint.”
