Witnesses describe chase, scene of officer-involved shooting at Papillion Home Depot
Witnesses described the chase and scene that unfolded Friday night leading to an officer opening fire on a suspect in a busy business area in Papillion.
KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. A WARM SPRING NIGHT IN PAPILLION. SHATTERED BY VIOLENCE AS WITNESSES DESCRIBE A POLICE CHASE, A CAR CRASH AND GUNFIRE. IT ALL HAPPENED NEAR THE HOME DEPOT NEAR WASHINGTON AND EAST SIXTH STREET. KETV HAS TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. WE START WITH K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S BILL SCHAMMERT, WHO IS JUST BEHIND THE POLICE TAPE TONIGHT. BILL PHYLLIS SAYING. GOOD EVENING JULIE. LET'S GET TO THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST. I JUST TALKED TO PAPILLION POLICE CHIEF CHRIS WYNOT, AND HE TELLS ME THERE WAS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AT THE HOME DEPOT BEHIND ME. THE SUSPECT WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NO OFFICERS AND NO BYSTANDERS WERE INJURED IN THAT GUNFIRE. THE FOCUS, WITNESSES TELL ME, IS ON THIS RED VEHICLE. IT STARTED AS A CHASE. WE ACTUALLY HAD VIDEO GIVEN TO US BY PEOPLE WHO WERE NEARBY WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED. YOU CAN SEE THOSE VEHICLES GOING EASTBOUND ON SIXTH STREET. THAT RED VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL SQUAD CARS. AND THEN IT TURNS INTO THE HOME DEPOT. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS POLICE CHASE STARTED. WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN THAT INFORMATION WHEN THE CHIEF TALKS TO US HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. WE HOPE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND ENDS WITH THAT RED CAR CRASHED RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONTRACTOR PICKUP SIGN. WE TALKED TO A COUPLE WITNESSES WHO WERE NEARBY, AND THEY DESCRIBED WHAT THEY SAW. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE AND I WAS TAKING A VIDEO. I WAS LIKE, OH, THE COPS ARE. AND THEN I TURNED AROUND AND THERE WAS LIKE 50 COPS. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I WATCHED HIM LIKE, FLY OVER THE HILL AND THEN CRASHED INTO HOME DEPOT. AND THEN LIKE SECONDS LATER, SHOTS WERE FIRED. AND THEN LIKE A TON OF MORE COPS CAME IN AND THEN PEOPLE WERE RUNNING OVER HERE. I WATCHED PEOPLE RUNNING FROM JUST STOP SCREAMING, CRYING. IT WAS IT WAS CRAZY. TERRIFIED. REALLY, REALLY SCARED. LIKE I'VE BEEN I'VE LIVED OUT HERE FOR LIKE 16, 17 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. IT'S CRAZY. SO JULIE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE. CAUTION TAPE BEHIND ME THAT HOME DEPOT IS BLOCKED OFF THE TARGET TO THE NORTH. IT DOES. IT IS OPEN. THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE MEDIA STAGING AREA. THAT'S WHERE THE INTERVIEW WILL TAKE PLACE. WHEN WE HEAR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES, HALF AN HOUR OR SO. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE SUSPECT WAS HIT AND INJURED, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, NO POLICE
Witnesses describe chase, scene of officer-involved shooting at Papillion Home Depot
Witnesses described the chase and scene that unfolded Friday night leading to an officer opening fire on a suspect in a busy business area in Papillion.
Updated: 11:59 PM CDT May 29, 2026
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Witnesses described the scene that unfolded Friday night leading to an officer opening fire on a suspect in a busy business area in Papillion. Police said they were responding to a report of shots fired in the Tara Plaza. It’s believed it all started at Ming’s Restaurant off N Washington Street. At one point, officers attempted to apprehend the driver near 96th Street and Portal Road.Witnesses there told KETV NewsWatch 7’s Beth Carlson they also heard gunfire and saw bullet holes in a business there.Witnesses then said they saw a police chase underway that turned into the Home Depot near Washington and East Sixth Street. They could hear gun shots.Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted confirmed the suspect was injured and taken to the hospital. No officers or bystanders were hurt in the gunfire. The investigation was underway late Friday night. Police expect to provide more information on both scenes as they piece together exactly what happened.
Witnesses described the scene that unfolded Friday night leading to an officer opening fire on a suspect in a busy business area in Papillion.
Police said they were responding to a report of shots fired in the Tara Plaza. It’s believed it all started at Ming’s Restaurant off N Washington Street. At one point, officers attempted to apprehend the driver near 96th Street and Portal Road.
Witnesses there told KETV NewsWatch 7’s Beth Carlson they also heard gunfire and saw bullet holes in a business there.
Witnesses then said they saw a police chase underway that turned into the Home Depot near Washington and East Sixth Street. They could hear gun shots.
Papillion Police Chief Chris Whitted confirmed the suspect was injured and taken to the hospital. No officers or bystanders were hurt in the gunfire.
The investigation was underway late Friday night. Police expect to provide more information on both scenes as they piece together exactly what happened.
