One person was shot in a vehicle on Highway 75, then another person inside the same vehicle was injured after the Chevy Surburban crashed, police said.

Shooting on Hwy 75 leads to crash, two people injured

Omaha police responded to a 911 call to Highway 75 and Cuming Street Sunday morning to investigate a report of a crash and found a vehicle on its side.Police said dispatchers, then, upgraded the call around 3:11 a.m. to a shooting. Investigators determined that victims Warren Copeland, 46, and Devron Franklin, 28, were headed north on Highway 75 in a Chevy Suburban when occupants in an unknown vehicle began firing at the Suburban.Officers located Copeland at 26th and Burt Streets suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported Copeland to Nebraska Medicine with non-life threatening injuries.Police said Franklin walked into the CHI Health clinic at 24th and Cuming with a neck injury, from the crash, not from the gunfire. Franklin’s injuries are considered non-life threatening.Police have not released any suspect description.The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact Omaha Crime Stoppers by calling 402-444-STOP logging on to www.omahacrimestoppers.org or using the P3 Tips mobile app. Tips leading the arrest of a shooting suspect are eligible for a $10,000 reward.

Omaha police responded to a 911 call to Highway 75 and Cuming Street Sunday morning to investigate a report of a crash and found a vehicle on its side.

Police said dispatchers, then, upgraded the call around 3:11 a.m. to a shooting.


Investigators determined that victims Warren Copeland, 46, and Devron Franklin, 28, were headed north on Highway 75 in a Chevy Suburban when occupants in an unknown vehicle began firing at the Suburban.

Officers located Copeland at 26th and Burt Streets suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported Copeland to Nebraska Medicine with non-life threatening injuries.

Police said Franklin walked into the CHI Health clinic at 24th and Cuming with a neck injury, from the crash, not from the gunfire. Franklin’s injuries are considered non-life threatening.

Police have not released any suspect description.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact Omaha Crime Stoppers by calling 402-444-STOP logging on to www.omahacrimestoppers.org or using the P3 Tips mobile app.

Tips leading the arrest of a shooting suspect are eligible for a $10,000 reward.