Woman Shot, Killed By Police After Allegedly Holding 3YO At Knife-Point At NE Walmart

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Police officers fatally shot a woman accused of cutting a 3-year-old boy with a knife during an alleged abduction attempt at a Walmart in Nebraska, according to police.

Investigators said officers arrived at the location and immediately found 31-year-old Noemi Guzman near the southern parking lot entry, standing by a shopping cart with the child inside.

Omaha police said Guzman was making multiple threats with the knife, and officers gave multiple verbal commands for her to drop the knife. She refused to drop it and cut the boy, officials said.

The two officers fired their service weapons and hit Guzman, Omaha police said. A caretaker for the child and a bystander immediately removed the child from the cart and rendered aid.

Officials said the officers began lifesaving measures on Guzman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Omaha police said it appears the child will survive and is being treated at the hospital. As of Tuesday afternoon, the mother of the child told Omaha sister station KETV that the boy is out of surgery.

Investigators said store surveillance footage shows Guzman had shoplifted a large kitchen knife from inside the store. She approached the child and the caretaker in a shopping aisle, showing the knife and forcing the caretaker to walk ahead of the cart while the child remained inside.

Guzman directed them through the store and into the parking lot, Omaha police said. Officers arrived at the scene shortly after Guzman, the caretaker and the child exited the store and started walking toward the parking lot entrance.

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Woman shot, killed by police after allegedly holding 3-year-old at knifepoint at Nebraska Walmart

Officers fatally shot a woman accused of cutting a 3-year-old boy with a knife during an alleged kidnapping attempt at a Walmart in Nebraska, police say

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The boyfriend of the 31-year-old woman shot dead by police officers during a kidnapping attempt at an Omaha Walmart talked with First Alert 6 on Wednesday about her prior struggles.

He says she takes a shot every three months to treat her schizophrenia, and she was due to have another one this week.

He wishes authorities had put her in a psychiatric hold when checking on her during the incidents that took place the past few days, before she grabbed the knife.

“Isn’t that what they should be doing? Cause she could be a threat to somebody else, like, hurt someone,” Carlos said. “They could’ve stopped something to prevent it. She could be here.”

Last June, Noemi Guzman was found to be suffering from schizophrenia after she was accused of setting her father’s home on fire and then breaking into a church — allegedly armed with a kitchen knife — and tearing the place apart while a priest barricaded himself in an upstairs bedroom.

She was currently following a mental health plan as a result of a court decision finding her “not responsible by reason of insanity” for the incident.

The psychiatrist was tasked with notifying the courts immediately if Guzman didn’t follow the treatment plan. Until what unfolded Tuesday at Walmart, there was no indication in court records that Guzman hadn’t been following the treatment.

She was scheduled for an annual review on June 12.

Boyfriend shares struggles of woman killed in Omaha Walmart incident

Police say a woman kidnapped a 3-year-old boy at knifepoint before she was shot and killed by officers at an Omaha Walmart on Tuesday morning.

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I will assume the boyfriend has his own mental health struggles so I will show him some grace.

This woman would have escalated to killing someone at some point so the officers were proactive and eliminated the threat.

It is unfair to the public that people who are deemed "not responsible by reason of insanity” are released back into society.

They should be locked up in mental institutions until they are verifiably no longer a threat to society or until they die.