An apparent murder/suicide at a Plattsmouth mobile home park Sunday morning left two men dead and a woman hospitalized.
The men were cousins, 30-year-old Jason Heedum and 26-year-old Travis Bobenmoyer.
In a small community, the news has everyone who knew the two in shock, even Chief of Police Brian Paulsen. "As one of the family said, you'd never expect it from these boys and I would agree with that.”
A frantic neighbor called 911 around 8:30 a.m. saying a woman had run out of unit 9 hysterical and badly beaten. “She was extremely upset and you could tell she had been assaulted pretty severely,” said Chief Paulsen.
The woman, 21-year-old Emily Minshall, told police she had just witnessed a murder. "She could tell me some of the things that had happened to her, that Jason had been shot and that Travis had shot him."
Minshall said they had argued and Bobenmoyer shot Heedum twice. Neighbors reported hearing shots at 7:30 a.m.
Police brought in the SWAT team, uncertain of whether the shooter was still alive inside the home at 1715 South 15th Street. Minshall didn't think so. "I know he threatened to kill himself if she did leave,” said Chief Paulsen. “When she left she heard the single gunshot.”
At 11:30 a.m. the SWAT team made entry and found the two men dead inside.
Friends and family had gathered outside the Pines Mobile Home Park around 11 a.m. "I'm hoping he's alive,” said Jerome Speck, a friend of Heedum. That hope turned to shock and grief as they learned of the outcome.
The family said Bobenmoyer had recently lost his job and that he had threatened suicide last week. Minshall, who said she was beaten by Bobenmoyer, was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment. She has since been released.
Neighbors tell Channel 6 News the three were out drinking Saturday night and returned to the trailer around 2 a.m. Sunday.