Suspect In Custody After Teen Critically Hurt in Shooting at Nebraska High School

Family members of students at Northwest high school gather and wait for students to be released from the school after a shooting was reported, in Omaha, Neb., on Sept. 10, 2024. Megan Nielsen/Omaha World-Herald via AP

OMAHA, Neb.—Omaha police arrested a suspect about half an hour after a shooting Tuesday that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city.

Families rushed to Omaha Northwest High School after the shooting was reported by the school resource officer during lunch at 12:23 p.m. Omaha Police Deputy Chief Sherie Thomas said officers from several departments quickly responded to the school and found the victim inside.