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Police make arrest in 2017 homicide

Police make arrest in 2017 homicide
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Omaha Police have made an arrest in the January 2017 shooting and killing of Ashlyn Higgins.

In a joint collaboration between the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force and the US Marshals Kansas City Task Force, 21-year-old Taliaferro Thompson was arrested in Kansas City Wednesday. 

Additionally, Higgins' boyfriend at the time, Parris Stamps, was also shot on Jan. 26, 2017. Stamps survived. 

There was a warrant issued for Thompson's arrest in July of 2017.