OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha man was shot and another injured trying to escape gunfire during a home invasion robbery early Tuesday, police said.
The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in north Omaha, when two suspects broke into a home through a back door and demanded money, television station KETV reported. Police said the suspects opened fired, hitting 48-year-old Donald Werth. Another man, 47-year-old Bryan Evans, jumped out a closed window in an effort to avoid the gunfire, causing serious injuries from broken glass, police said.
Both victims were taken to an Omaha hospital and are expected to survive, police said. Officers were unable to find the suspects, and no arrests had been reported by late Tuesday morning.
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