Posted by Mary on 10/30/2006, 8:17 pm, in reply to "Local News" ---------------------------------- An annual ranking of the country's safest cities finds Omaha and Lincoln near the middle or lower of the pack. Omaha ranks as the 217th safest city of the 371 surveyed. That's down five spots from "Morgan Quitno Press's" 2005 survey. Lincoln ranks 128th this year. That compares to 130th last year. The rankings are based on six categories of FBI crime statistics. ---------------------------------- OMAHA, Neb. -- An Omaha woman said she was attacked after she starting asking questions about the death of her son. Susan Johnson said that on Sunday night, a man beat her and scratched her with a knife before he threatened to come back if she didn't stop asking questions about her son's murder. "What he said was that my son was gone and I need to let it go, and at that time he had the knife to my throat and said next time it will be for real," Johnson said Police haven't made any arrests in Troy's death, and Susan said she just got tired of waiting for answers. "I hadn't heard anything about my son's murder, so I went down on 18th and Emmett and I was just asking," Johnson said. Later on Sunday night, Johnson said, someone knocked at her door. He called her "mom," so she thought it was one of her son's friends. Shortly after entering her home, Johnson said, the man punched her, threw her to the ground and threatened her. -------------------------------
(Omaha, NE) -- A 20-year-man is recovering after a drive-by shooting early Sunday. Anthony Tolbert tells police he was walking near 42nd and Wirt around 2 a.m. when he was struck by several bullets. Police say they don�t have a description of the suspect or vehicle.
Troy Johnson, 17, was shot and killed on Aug. 21 near 30th Street and Ames Avenue.
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