OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha police officer who was shot in the face and head last week after responding to a shoplifting call has been released from the hospital, the Omaha Police Department said.
Police said Wednesday that 39-year-old Officer Jeffrey Wittstruck is at home recuperating, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Wittstruck was shot last Friday during a struggle with a man suspected of shoplifting a package of T-shirts from a store in Westroads Mall. Police later arrested 21-year-old Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr. following a high-speed chase on Interstate 80.
Jenkins is charged with first-degree assault of a police officer and other counts. He’s being held on $10 million bail.
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