Officer Kerrie Orozco, Omaha, NE Police Department

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Officer Kerrie Orozco was part of a fugitive task force looking for (gang member) Marcus Wheeler to serve a felony arrest warrant. Wheeler, who was wanted on a warrant charging him in a previous shooting, opened fire on the officers as they approached him. Officers fired back, and Wheeler was later found behind a neighbor's house suffering from gunshot wounds, the chief said.

Officer Kerrie Orozco, 29, died at Creighton University Medical Center shortly after the 1 p.m. shooting, [SIZE=11.88px]Police Chief Todd [/SIZE]Schmaderer said at a hospital news conference.

Schmaderer said the suspect, 26-year-old Marcus Wheeler, also died at the hospital.


Officer Orozco was a seven-year veteran of the department and worked in its gang unit, Schmaderer said. She was also a new mother with a premature baby who is in an Omaha hospital.

Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/29118626/police-officer-suspect-killed-in-omaha-shooting#ixzz3ajHplFF2

credit: www.foxcarolina.com

Omaha ralliesaround newborn child of

Officer Kerrie Orozco

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/22/kerrie-on-omaha-rallies-around-newborn-fallen-police-officer/?intcmp=latestnews

credit: foxnews.com
 
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