Shooting sends 7 people to hospital

By Susan Szalewski / World-Herald staff writer

OMAHA, NEBR. – A shooting at a party near 32nd and Decatur Streets sent seven people to Omaha hospitals Saturday with injuries that were not life-threatening.

A caller to 911 had reported hearing about a dozen gunshots and said several people had been shot about 11:25 p.m. Police responding to 3201 Decatur St. did not find any of the wounded.

Emergency dispatchers updated the responding officers as the wounded began arriving by private vehicle at three medical facilities: the Nebraska Medical Center, Immanuel Medical Center and Lasting Hope Recovery Center.

The one who went to Lasting Hope was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center by Omaha Fire Department paramedics.

Injured were Mani Smith-Pittman, 19; Kaleb Johnson, 21; Jacobe Hollingsworth, 21; Moriah Clark-Dismuke, 19; Kalyn Knutson, 17; Lydia Ruiz, 16; and C’Jai Payne, 18, said Omaha Police Officer Michael Pecha, a police spokesman. The wounded reported hearing gunshots but told police they did not see the shooter.

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