UPDATE: The man shot by a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy in an early morning confrontation near Fontenelle Park has died, the sheriff's office says.
Officials identified the deceased as Janidi Ibramhim, 19. He was sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked near 48th and Pratt Streets when a deputy conducting a firearms investigation approached the vehicle, according to DCSO.
"As the deputy approached, some suspects fled the scene and Ibrahim remained seated in the vehicle. The Deputy made contact with Ibrahim and shots were fired by the Deputy. Ibrahim was struck and the Deputy immediately began to render first aid and called for a paramedic," the report stated.
Ibrahim was declared dead at Nebraska Medicine. The deputy is a 12-year veteran and was wearing a bodycam at the time. That footage has not been released.
Sheriff Hanson says he has met with Ibrahim's family and expressed his condolences
ORIGINAL STORY:
One man was critically injured when shooting erupted between a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy and men in a car near 48th and Pratt Streets early Thursday morning, a DCSO spokesperson said.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the deputy was working in the area when they made contact with a car with multiple people inside. Officials have not said exactly what happened other than shooting began and when it was over one person was critically injured and the other suspects in the car had ran away.
Sheriff Aaron Hanson said the others in the car were still at large, possibly armed. He asked neighbors to watch their property and call 911 to report anything suspicious.
The deputy involved will be placed on administrative leave while the Nebraska State Patrol conducts an investigation.
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