The suspect's family called the incident 'suicide by cop.'
the timeline spans 17 minutes, from the time the shooter arrived at the store until Omaha police said Officer Brian Vanerheiden shouted several commands at the gunman to drop his semi-automatic weapon before the fatal shot was fired.
Less than 10 minutes after he pulled into the parking lot, the gunman pointed a semi-automatic rifle at a Target employee before firing one round into the air. At that same time, Douglas County 911 received a call reporting the incident as a shooting at the SuperTarget store located at 180th Street and West Center Road and assigned a police unit to respond.
A minute later, Officer Vanderheiden shot the gunman after giving more than 20 “loud verbal commands to drop the rifle,” according to the OPD release. According to authorities, Jones purchased the semi-automatic rifle at Cabela’s four days before walking into the Target store with it on Tuesday. Police said he was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and 13 loaded magazines when he entered the store.
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