Omaha police are investigating an accidental double shooting that took place in Omaha Saturday night.Officers were sent around 9:50 p.m. to a scene near 22nd and Saint Marys Avenue to investigate a report of gunfire.A man told officers that he and his girlfriend had been shot at another location, a release from the Omaha Police Department said. Both people were transported to Nebraska Medicine to be treated for injuries.However, the release said, it was later learned that he had inadvertently shot himself through the arm and the bullet subsequently struck his girlfriend. The man was cited for discharging a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm, the release said.

Omaha police are investigating an accidental double shooting that took place in Omaha Saturday night.



Officers were sent around 9:50 p.m. to a scene near 22nd and Saint Marys Avenue to investigate a report of gunfire.


A man told officers that he and his girlfriend had been shot at another location, a release from the Omaha Police Department said. Both people were transported to Nebraska Medicine to be treated for injuries.



However, the release said, it was later learned that he had inadvertently shot himself through the arm and the bullet subsequently struck his girlfriend.

The man was cited for discharging a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm, the release said.