A South Omaha barber says he's glad he had his gun on him after a man tried to rob his business

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WEBVTT KETV NEWSWATCH 7 CAMILLA ORTI. >> CHINH THE OWNER SHOWED ME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE ENTIRETHING WHICH LASTED MERE SECONDS WE CAN'T SHOW IT DUE TO THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. BUT WE CAN SHOW YOU THE BULLET HOLES LEFT BEHIND. >> WALK INTO THE FADE KINGS BARBERSHOP NEAR 29TH AND Q, YOU WOULDN'T GUESS THAT THE PREVIOUSDAY THIS BUSINESS WAS A CRIME SCENE. >> WHEN HE SHOT THE SHOTGUN IT MISSED BY THIS MUCH. >> LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU'LL SEE THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THESHOP'S OWNER SAY AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY TURNED INTO SHOOTING. >> IT WENT SO FAST. SO-SO FAST. >> SECONDS BETWEEN WHEN DAVID AND JESSE GOEB INSAY THE SUSPECTCAME INTO THE SHOP AND THE BULL ITS STARTED FLYING. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 10:00 FRIDAY MORNING. THE GOBIN BROTHERS WEREEACH WORKING WITH A CLIENT WHEN THIS MAN, 23-YEAR-OL LUCAS ORTIZ, ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN DROPPED A BACKPACK AND SAID EMPTY YOUR POCKETS. >> WHEN HE COCKED THE THING IN MY FACE, TO ME AND MY CUSTOMER, I LOOKED AT MY BROTHER AND I THROUGH MY WAD ON THE FLOOR AND MY BROTH NEW WHAT TO DO NEXT. >> JESSE KEEPS HIS GUN CLOSE. PUT THE GUN DOWN AND, YOU KNOW -- I WAS POINTING M GUN AT HIM.AND HE JUST SHOT A ME. >> THE BULLITT WHIZZING BUY IN AARM'S LENGTH HITTING THE MIRROR OVER HIS HEAD. >> IF YOU HAVE PELLETS IT WOULD HAVE HIT MY CUSTOMER AND HIT ME.>> JESSE SAYS HE FIRED BACK MULTIPLE TIMES HITTING ORTIZ WHOCRAWLED BACK OUTSIDE. ALL OF THIS CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE. >> THE BROTHERS SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL NOBODY ELSE WAS HURT. >> MY BABY, MY 3-YEAR-OLD WAS UPSTAIRS AND MY WIFE WAS UPSTAIRS RIGHT ON TOP OF WHERE HE WAS SHOOTING WASHINGTON DISHES. >> WE HAD ROBBERY THE STREET HERE. >> IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER, THE GOBINS SAY YOU SHOULD HAVE A

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Omaha police say a man intent on robbing a South Omaha barbershop Friday morning ended up shot during a gun fight with an employee. Police initially received a report of shots fired at Fadekings Barbershop at 2907 Q St. shortly around 9:45 a.m. Officers found Lucas M. Ortiz, 23, on the sidewalk outside suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken into custody and transported to Nebraska Medicine. Walk into the barbershop Saturday, and you'd never guess it was a crime scene the day before. Jesse Galvan and his brother, David, had a line of people waiting to get their hair cut Saturday afternoon- business as usual. The pair survived a dangerous robbery attempt Friday morning. Bullet holes riddle their shop's front door, back wall and mirror, which has since been taken down and replaced. "It was so fast, so, so fast," David said. The Galvans said only seconds passed from the moment a man came into their shop and the bullets started flying. David told KETV NewsWatch 7 that him and his brother were each working with a client when the suspect, armed with a shotgun, walked in, dropped a backpack on the ground and told them to empty their pockets. "When he cocked the thing in my face to me and my customer, that's when I know he wasn't playing, I kind of looked at my brother and I threw my wallet on the floor, and then my brother knew what to do next," David said. That's because they have a plan, David explained. "Me and my brother already had a game plan for robberies, because they've been robbing all this street right here," David said. Jesse, a registered gun owner, says he keeps his weapon strapped to his body when he's inside his barbershop. "So I told him put the gun down, gun down, and I was pointing my gun at him, and he just shot at me," Jesse said. Jesse says the bullet whizzed by within an arm's length, hitting the corner of the mirror over his head. "If he had regular ammunition, like pellets, it would've hit my customer, it would've hit me," Jesse said. Jesse said he fired back multiple times, hitting Ortiz, who Jesse says crawled back out the door. The brothers say everything was captured on their surveillance system, and they're happy nobody else was hurt. "My baby, my 3-year-old was upstairs, and my wife was upstairs," Jesse said. The Galvans say every business owner should have a plan and procedure for emergency situations such as this one. "We're happy to be here, you know, we're here to do our job, that's all," Jesse said. Nebraska Medicine will not release updates on Ortiz's condition. Charges are pending per the investigation. Police blocked 30th and Q streets while the investigation took place. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Omaha Police Department Assault Squad at 402-444-5656.