By Associated Press - Thursday, December 5, 2019

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police in Omaha are searching for a pair of suspects in the shooting death of a man in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood south of downtown.

Officers were called to the area around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday for reports of gunfire and found a man on the sidewalk with severe injuries. The victim, Jethro Dufour, 33, was taken to an area hospital, where he died, police said.

Witnesses told police that a crash involving at least one vehicle immediately followed the gunfire and that two men were seen fleeing in a sport utility vehicle. No arrests had been reported by early Thursday morning.



Police are asking the public for any information on the fatal shooting.

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