Overview

• Omaha police identified the wounded officer as 16-year veteran Steven Murcek, who is alert and talking after being shot in the head during a QuikTrip call.
• Shedrick Mills, 36, was arrested in the Omaha case and investigators said he faces attempted second-degree murder and weapons charges, along with unrelated warrants.
• The family of the accused Omaha shooter cited mental illness and drug addiction in a statement and offered prayers for the officers involved.
• Montgomery’s Oct. 4 downtown shooting left two people dead and 12 injured, with multiple shooters suspected, five victims still in life-threatening condition, a $50,000 reward offered, and a citywide youth curfew under consideration.
• Minneapolis police say an altercation inside Bar Zia late Tuesday led to gunfire that killed a 21-year-old man and wounded three others; no arrests tied to the shooting have been announced, though one person was booked on suspicion of obstruction.