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A 21-year-old Omaha man claimed he was shooting at a stop sign last month when bullets wounded two teenagers near 25th and Maple Streets.

Omaha police officer Brandon Hahn testified at a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Douglas County Court that Davonte Hill first denied having any connection to the June 8 shooting. Hahn said Hill later admitted to firing a gun registered to him, but not toward the 16-year-old victims, Sebit Mayot and Nyawaar Paojur, both of Omaha.

Paojur was hit in the foot and Mayot was wounded in the thigh, Hahn said. Both are recovering.

A judge found there to be enough evidence for Hill to stand trial on two counts of felony assault and two counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony. Authorities say Hill shot the teens as they were walking with friends about 1:15 a.m.

Witnesses said the shots came from a PT Cruiser, which police found about 10 minutes later near 41st Street and Bedford Avenue. Hahn said police found a 9mm handgun registered to Hill, which he admitted tossing from the vehicle.

Hahn also said Andrey Tolbert, 21, who was a passenger in the vehicle, said Hill fired a gun at the group of teenagers. Tolbert was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Hill is being held on $500,000 bail at the Douglas County Jail.