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WEBVTT AGAIN. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S JOSE ZOZAYA IS LIVE WITH THE CRIME STOPPERS ALER POSTED: JACQUE’S FATHER WAS -- JOSE: JACQUE’S FATHER WAS GUNNED DOWN IN 1997. THEN HIS UNCLE, IN 2015. THE FAMILY NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM. TONIGHT, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO, AND WHY. CORDERRO HALL KNEW HIS NEPHEW, JACQUE HOLBERT OFTEN VISITED THIS HOUSE NEAR 38TH AND BURDETTE. >> HE WAS ONLY OVER THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP HIS FRIEND WHO’S PARALYZED, AND HE WAS JUST THERE HELPING HIS FRIEND OUT. JOSE: FIRST RESPONDERS GOT THE CALL AROUND 1:45 A.M. SUNDAY, SOMEONE OUTSIDE, FIRED BULLETS INTO THE HOME, HITING HOLBERT AS HE LAY IN BED. HIS FAMILY HEARD THE TERRIBLE NEWS HOURS LATER. >> AND I HURRIED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. WHEN I ARRIVED, THEY SAID HE HAD PASSED OVER. >> I LOVED HIM, I’LL NEVER GET ANOTHER ONE OF HIM. THEY TOOK HIM FROM ME. IT’S NOT RIGHT. JOSE: POLICE DON’T KNOW IF SOMEONE TARGETED HOLBERT, OR IF IT WAS A STRAY BULLET. HIS FAMILY SAYS THERE’S NO DOUBT. >> I DON’T THINK THAT WAS MEANT FOR HIM. HE WAS JUST IN THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD. >> HE DIDN’T GET TO LEARN ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WANTED TO. HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIDS, HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS TWO SISTERS. JOSE: THEY HOPE SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING, SO POLICE CAN PUT HIS KILLER IN JAIL. >> IT DOESN’T SIT WELL WITH ME AT ALL. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, SAY SOMETHING. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY NEPHE JOSE: THERE

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The Omaha Police Department is investigating a shooting after Jacque S. Holbert IV, 21, died Sunday morning. Police said Holbert was lying in bed inside a home on 38th and Burdette streets when he was struck by a bullet. Omaha's first homicide of the year is actually the first in 4 1/2 months -- 125 days, to be exact. The victim's family said they are heartbroken again. Holbert's father, Jacque S. Holbert III, was gunned down in 1997, followed by his uncle, Travis Holbert, in 2015. Corderro Hall, Holbert's uncle, knew his nephew often visited this house near 38th and Burdette."He was only over there in the neighborhood to help his friend who's paralyzed, and he was just there helping his friend out," Hall said.First responders got the call around 1:45 a.m. Holbert's family heard the terrible news hours later."Medics were there pretty quick and they began working on the victim. They transported the victim to UNMC where he later succumbed to his injuries," said OPD Lt. Ken Fox. "I hurried to the emergency room. When I arrived, they said he had passed over," Hall said. Destinee Jones, Holbert's aunt, said there will never be another person in her life like him. "I loved him. They took him from me. It's not right," she said. Omaha police do not yet know if someone targeted Holbert or if it was a stray bullet that killed him. Hall said there's no doubt. "I don't think that was meant for him. He was just in the wrong neighborhood," he said. Hall said he regrets Holbert will never learn all the things that he wanted to and that his nephew leaves behind two sisters who loved him. Holbert's family hopes someone saw something so police can put his suspected killer in jail."It doesn't sit well with me at all, and if you know anything, say something," Jones said. "If you see something, say something. We want to know what happened to my nephew," she said. No suspects have been arrested. No other injuries were reported. There's a $25,000 Crime Stoppers reward in this case. Call 402-444-STOP if you can help police. All tips are paid through a code system, so a caller never has to give their name.