Omaha Police have released details about a Saturday evening officer involved shooting that injured three suspects, one of whom is being treated for a gunshot wound.
The incident evolved after police got information about an imminent robbery. Just before 6:00 p.m. Douglas County 911 got a call from an anonymous person who said that two men in a stolen Dodge Durango were armed and planning to rob the GI Forum located near 20th and Q streets at 6 o'clock.
At 6 p.m., officers Jacob Chong, Anthony White, Mathew Stigge and Robert Wiley responded to the scene. They observed a silver Dodge Durango in the 5200 block of S. 19th Street. It matched the description, including the license plate number supplied by the 911 caller. The location was within blocks of the GI Forum.
The officers pulled into the driveway and all four officers got out. Investigators say the officers can be heard on the recordings giving loud verbal commands to the driver to stop.
In what appeared to be an effort to get away, the suspect driver is heard and seen revving his engine as he backed into the two marked cruisers. The suspect pulled forward and reversed again, hitting the two marked cruisers a second time. The collisions caused significant damage to all three vehicles.
Officers Chong and Officer Stigge fired their duty weapons. The suspect vehicle stopped and the driver and two passengers were handcuffed without further incident. The officers called for Omaha Fire Department medics who transported all three parties to the hospital for treatment of various injuries.
The driver has been identified as Jacob Osbon, 26. He was hospitalized and is recovering from gunshot wounds that police said are not considered to be life-threatening. A hospital guard has been placed on Osbon. When he's released he'll be booked for possession of a stolen vehicle and two counts of felony destruction of property, for the damage to the police cruisers.
The two passengers were treated for minor injuries from flying debris and released. There are currently no charges against those two. No officers were injured in the incident but all have been placed on administrative duty in accordance with department policy.
Members of the Officer Involved Investigation Team were called to investigate. All four officers at the scene were wearing body cameras and both cruisers had video cameras that captured the event. The officers are now on administrative leave pending the standard department investigation.