Posted by Mary on 5/3/2007, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Local News" Officers were called to the area of 41st and Izard streets just before 1 a.m. Thursday. Witnesses in the area reported hearing several gunshots fired. When officers arrived, they found a man lying in the middle of the road suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. Early Wednesday morning, a bullet hit a 5-year-old girl in the leg as she slept in her grandmother's bed. Emergency workers told KETV NewsWatch 7 that they know violent injuries are part of the job, but they also said it's something they never get used to. "It's the loss of a life, loss of so much potential, it's very sad," said emergency room director Wesley Grigsby. "Unfortunately, right now, we're seeing an uptrend. We hope that doesn't continue. We're not sure of the source of it." Emergency staff said that most shooting victims are young. "You see all these people, with so much potential, and a lot of their life left. We have people 17, 18, 19 years that come in," said ER staffer Angie Rowe. "We personalize children," Grigsby said. "We see in the death of children in our emergency department our own children." Grigsby said that many times, private cars bring the victims to the hospital, adding extra anxiety for those in the ER. "You never know what you're going to get coming through the door," said Dorinda Mark. "It could be a gunshot to the leg. It could be in worse areas, like to the abdomen, to the head." The staff members said they know it's part of the job but hope the violence dies down soon. "It's just a hard time to go through and accept that that's the way it is," Rowe said. "You can't understand it. It's such a tragic event," Grigsby said. "People at one moment had their whole future, and now their lives are changed forever." After intense situations, emergency nurses and doctors often go through a debriefing to make sure they're OK. The Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton said the numbers are pretty similar to last year at this point. Officials said there may just be more in the past few weeks. ----------------------------------- OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha police are investigating the city's latest fatal shooting. Officers were called to the area of 41st and Izard streets just before 1 a.m. Thursday. Witnesses in the area reported hearing several gunshots fired. When officers arrived, they found Earl Clark, 47, of Omaha, lying in the middle of the road suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. ---------------------------- Omaha police said they were called to the area of 30th and Parker streets after 11 p.m. for a report of shots fired. Aliyah Cain, 5, had been shot inside the home. Police said that she was sleeping at her grandmother's house when a bullet grazed her leg. The child was treated at the scene and not transported to a hospital. Officers said they found several shell casings outside the house. ------------------------------ OMAHA, Neb. -- A male was shot as he pumped gas on Friday afternoon. Omaha police said a male was shot three times at 4219 N. 60th St. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. ------------------------------ Council Bluffs, Iowa, police said a woman was discovered dead in a backyard pool at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to investigators, Kelly J. Caligur was found dead in two feet of water. Police said the pool was above ground. The 41-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Emergency personnel at Creighton University Medical Center's trauma center said on Thursday that they've seen increasing numbers of gunshot and stabbing victims.
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