Police identify suspects, officers involved in north Omaha shooting

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Police have identified the two officers who fired their weapons in a shooting incident Tuesday afternoon described by witnesses as a “gun battle” near a north Omaha beauty supply store.

OPD Lt. Owen Gregg and Capt. Jay Leavitt were placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. Leavitt has been with OPD for about 25 years; Gregg has served with the department since 2008.

The names of the officers were released hours after OPD reported they had made additional arrests in relation to the incident.

Brandi Walker, 28, was booked on charges of attempted felony assault, terroristic threats, evidence tampering, and shooting an occupied vehicle.

Matthew Berg, 37, is facing charges of attempted felony assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

This is in addition to the arrest of Jahari Love, 26, also for attempted felony assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

Police were called to a strip mall near 31st Street and Ames Avenue at 2:37 p.m. Tuesday after gunfire had been heard in the area. Three Omaha Police officers had been at a community meeting in a nearby local bank when they heard the shots and responded.

They said they saw Jahari Love fire a long gun across the street to the west, toward a home on 31st Street, while near a car on Ames Avenue. Gregg and Leavitt fired their service weapons at him before he was able to be arrested.

Love was taken to Nebraska Medical Center with an injured right wrist, the OPD report states. It is still unclear whose gunshots injured him.

OPD said the incident, which is still under investigation, was captured on video.

OPD told 6 News three officers were leaving a community meeting at a bank across the street when they heard gunfire.

OPD says witness interviews determined several people exchanged gunfire before officers discharged their firearms.

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