OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an Omaha police officer was shot and wounded during a confrontation with a man who was suspected of shoplifting T-shirts.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that 21-year-old Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr. was booked into the Douglas County Jail early Saturday on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder and use of a gun to commit a felony.
Officials said Officer Jeffrey Wittstruck was “stable and recovering" after being shot around 4 p.m. Friday in the JC Penney department store security office.