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KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M QUANECIA FRASER WE COME ON THE AIR AS THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF PREPARES TO UPDATE US ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THAT WAS BACK ON MAY 8TH, NEAR 19TH IN WASHINGTON. LET’S LISTEN IN. IS TO GIVE OUR MORE COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION OF THE FATAL DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH, 2026 AT 19TH AND WASHINGTON STREET. I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AND OUR INVESTIGATORS ON THIS CASE. TO MY RIGHT IS CHIEF DEPUTY OF OPERATIONS WILLIAM NEMAHA. TO MY LEFT, WE’VE GOT CAPTAIN NATHAN KOVACH STANDING TWO OFF TO MY LEFT. HE IS THE OVERALL COMMANDER OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU. ALSO TO MY LEFT IS LIEUTENANT JASON STEHLIK. HE IS THE COMMANDER OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. THAT IS THE TRADITIONAL CONTINGENT OF DEPUTIES, INVESTIGATORS THAT INVESTIGATE CRIMES TOUCHING THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ALSO PRESENT WITH US IS INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATOR KALE PIXLEY. SHE WAS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR ON THIS CASE. ALSO WITH US TODAY IS NEBRASKA STATE PATROL LIEUTENANT COLONEL JASON SCOTT. THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL, ALONG WITH THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT, WERE THE TWO AGENCIES THAT ASSISTED THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. PER STATE LAW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I’D LIKE TO AGAIN EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED IN THIS SITUATION, BUT ALSO EXTEND MY THOUGHTS AND SUPPORT AND CONDOLENCES TO THE INJURED DEPUTY IN THIS SITUATION, AS WELL AS THE INVOLVED DEPUTIES AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES. THIS IS ANY SITUATION LIKE THIS IS TRAUMATIC FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SENSITIVE TO THAT. IN TERMS OF THE HOUSEKEEPING, THE WAY THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO OCCUR TODAY IS WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. LIEUTENANT STEHLIK WILL GIVE THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION. I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WHEN YOU DO ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I’LL CALL ON YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE NEWS AGENCY THAT YOU ARE WITH AND STATE YOUR QUESTION. I WILL THEN RESTATE THE QUESTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THE LIVE STREAM STREAMS, SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE QUESTION, AND THEN WE WILL FIND THE MOST APPROPRIATE MEMBER OF THE TEAM TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. AS A REMINDER, AS IS STATE LAW, THIS CASE WILL ULTIMATELY BE GOING TO A GRAND JURY OF OF EMPANELED CITIZENS, INDEPENDENT CITIZENS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE GRAND JURY PROCESS. THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME EVIDENCE AND DETAILS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TODAY. HOWEVER, WE WILL PROVIDE AS MUCH DETAILS AS WE BELIEVE WE CAN WHILE STILL UPHOLDING THE SANCTITY OF THE GRAND JURY PROCESS. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN. THIS IS INVOLVING THE DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTING. OCCURRED ON MAY 2026 AT 19TH AND WASHINGTON. ALTHOUGH WE’RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THE CRIMINAL PAST OF THE DECEASED. DICK COLLINS MARION, AGE 26. THERE’S SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR PRISON STINT THAT ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DO GIVE CONTEXT TO THIS SITUATION, BUT THEY ALSO GIVE CONTEXT TO WHAT OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP INVESTIGATORS KNEW IN TERMS OF FORMULATING THEIR RESPONSE, TO TAKE MR. MARION INTO CUSTODY THAT DAY IN JUNE OF 2018, JAQUAN MARION WAS ARRESTED FOR A DRIVE BY SHOOTING SHOOTING AT AN OCCUPIED DWELLING OR VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ACCESSORY TO A DRIVE BY SHOOTING, AND HE WAS SENTENCED TO 5 TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. JAQUAN MARION WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A MEMBER OF CORRECTIONS STAFF WHILE HE WAS INSIDE OF A STATE OF NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. IN JUNE OF 2021, HE PLED GUILTY TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT THAT WAS PLED DOWN FROM A FELONY ASSAULT TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT, AND HE WAS SENTENCED TO A SEPARATE 365 DAYS IN JAIL FOR THAT. THAT ASSAULT IN JANUARY OF 2021. AND YES, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE IN THE CORRECT ORDER, ALTHOUGH THEY’RE IN ORDER. THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE BACKWARDS. HE WAS PLACED ON PAROLE, BUT ULTIMATELY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ADJUDICATION FOR THAT FEBRUARY 2020 CASE WAS FINALLY ADJUDICATED IN JUNE AFTER HE HAD BEEN PAROLED IN 2021. IN MARCH OF 2021, JAQUAN MARION ABSCONDED FROM PAROLE. IN APRIL OF 2021, JAQUAN MARION WAS TAKEN BACK INTO CUSTODY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOT ONLY FOR THAT ACTIVE FELONY WARRANT FOR ABSCONDING FROM PAROLE, BUT AT THE TIME, HE WAS ARMED WITH A HANDGUN. AND SO IN JUNE OF 2021, JAQUAN MARION WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED YET AGAIN TO AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS IN PRISON, SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM HIS ORIGINAL PRISON SENTENCE. IN THIS CASE, HE WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN WHILE IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, THIS TIME IN LANCASTER COUNTY, FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. IN JANUARY OF 2024, HE PLED TO AN ATTEMPT CHARGE. IT’S A CLASS FOUR FELONY. THE ATTEMPT CHARGE IS A MISDEMEANOR, AND HE WAS ULTIMATELY SENTENCED TO FOUR DAYS IN JAIL WITH A $500 FINE FOR THAT POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGE IN OCTOBER OF 2025, JAQUAN MARION WAS AGAIN PLACED ON PAROLE, AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2026, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST BY NEBRASKA DIVISION OF PAROLE. AS A RESULT OF HIM ABSCONDING FROM THAT PAROLE AND AT THE TIME, EVERYBODY KNEW BOTH THE PRISON AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP THAT JAQUAN MARION WAS A KNOWN MEMBER OF THE JANE STREET BLOOD GANG. NOW, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP WORKS VERY COOPERATIVELY WITH THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, DIVISION OF PAROLE SUPERVISION, SPECIFICALLY TO PURSUE ACTIVE FELONY PAROLE ABSCONDERS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. SINCE MARCH OF 2025, THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP HAS ASSISTED IN THE SAFE APPREHENSION OF 22 ABSCONDED PAROLEES UPON THE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE OF THE THE DIVISION OF PAROLE. AND I CAN TELL YOU IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS ONE OF OF MANY WHERE WE TEAM UP WELL WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PAROLE. THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN SUPERVISING AND REHABILITATING INDIVIDUALS ON PAROLE. BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN PAROLEES ABSCOND, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR UNDERLYING CRIME IS SERIOUS, WE KNOW THAT THEIR RECIDIVISM RATE, THEIR CHANCES OF REOFFENDING AND REOFFENDING IN A WAY THAT HURTS INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE HIGH. AND THAT’S ONE REASON WHY BOTH PAROLE AND THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE SO COMMITTED TO TAKING THOSE PAROLEES BACK INTO CUSTODY. AND IN THIS CASE, JAQUAN MARION. A REQUEST CAME INTO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP ON MARCH 20TH, 2026 TO ASSIST IN YET LOCATING AN ABSCONDED PAROLEE IN THIS CASE, JAQUAN MARION. AT THIS POINT, I WILL HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LIEUTENANT STELL. GOOD MORNING. I’M LIEUTENANT JASON DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, AND I AM THE LIEUTENANT WHO OVERSAW THIS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING INVESTIGATION. BRIEFLY, I’M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE FIVE INVOLVED DEPUTIES INVOLVED IN THIS. TO BEGIN WITH. WE HAVE ON THE LEFT, SERGEANT ROB STERN, A 20 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HIS CURRENT ASSIGNMENT IS TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP. AS A SUPERVISOR. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SWAT TEAM, WHERE HE HOLDS THE TITLE OF TEAM LEADER. HE IS A SNIPER INSTRUCTOR AND DURING THIS INCIDENT, HE WAS SHOT IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG. FOLLOWING SERGEANT STERN, HIS DEPUTY, CODY TRINDLE. HE’S A 13 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN WAS ALSO ASSIGNED AS A TASK FORCE OFFICER WITH U.S. MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. HE IS ALSO A DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SWAT MEMBER. HE IS A MASTER BREACHER AND HE IS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. DEPUTY JOSHUA KEYSER, SIX AND A HALF YEAR VETERAN OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALSO A SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP MEMBER, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SWAT TEAM. HE IS ALSO ASSIGNED AS A MEDIC TO THE SWAT TEAM, AND HE IS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. DEPUTY TYLER TIPTON, A FIVE AND A HALF YEAR VETERAN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALSO A SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP MEMBER, DEPUTY TIPTON IS A TASK FORCE OFFICER WITH THE FBI’S VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE. HE IS ALSO A SWAT TEAM MEMBER. HE HOLDS ENDORSEMENTS AS A BALLISTIC SHIELD INSTRUCTOR. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE DEPUTY CAITLIN BRODY, THREE AND A HALF YEAR VETERAN OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SHE IS A K-9 HANDLER. HER K-9 ASSIGNED TO HER SHIVA, AND HER ROLE IN THIS OPERATION WAS TO BE THE MARKED UNIFORM PRESENCE. 1915 WASHINGTON STREET. DEPUTY TIPTON WAS ASSIGNED MARION’S WARRANT AND BEGAN DEVELOPING INTELLIGENCE IN MID-APRIL THROUGH VARIOUS INVESTIGATIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, DEPUTY TIPTON WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT MARION WAS STAYING AT 1915 WASHINGTON STREET. ON MAY 8TH, 2026, AT 9:45 A.M., DEPUTY TIPTON BEGAN PHYSICAL SURVEILLANCE AT THE RESIDENCE AND WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THAT SURVEILLANCE BEING INITIATED, HE OBSERVED MARION EXIT THE RESIDENCE IN HER VEHICLE AND LEAVE. BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY, VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY AND WEAPONS CHARGES THAT MARION POSSESSED, DEPUTY TIPTON DETERMINED THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE, TO WRITE AND RECEIVE A DOUGLAS COUNTY SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE MARION, WHO HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT INSIDE THAT RESIDENCE. AGAIN, BASED ON THE CRIMINAL HISTORY, DEPUTY REACHED OUT TO THE SWAT COMMANDER, WHO MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT BASED ON ALL THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE COVERED WITHIN HIS BACKGROUND, THAT THE EXECUTION OF A SEARCH WARRANT AT THAT RESIDENCE TO LOCATE MARION WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SWAT TEAM. SURVEILLANCE ON THAT RESIDENCE CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SWAT TEAM MEETS A BRIEF AND TO REQUEST TO BE ASSISTED BY THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT’S ARMORED VEHICLE. SARGENT STERN, DEPUTY TIPTON DEPUTY. KEYSER. DEPUTY TRENDLE AND DEPUTY BRODY IS THE MARKED UNIFORMED PRESENCE ARE ASSIGNED TO CONDUCT PRE-OPERATIONAL SURVEILLANCE AT 1915 WASHINGTON STREET IS. DURING THIS TIME THE SERGEANT STERN WOULD RELAY TO INVESTIGATORS THAT DURING THE PRE. SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONAL BRIEF THAT WAS GIVEN TO THIS TEAM, SERGEANT STERN WAS MADE AWARE THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MARION HAD RETURNED TO. THE RESIDENCE, HAD GONE TO THE BACK OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE HE HAD BEEN SEEN COMING AND GOING EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THAT THERE WAS A ANOTHER UNKNOWN, BUT BELIEVED TO BE COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO MARION. INDIVIDUAL CIVILIAN WHO WAS ALSO INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. THAT CIVILIAN HAD ARRIVED EARLIER DURING SURVEILLANCE AND HAD GONE INTO THE FRONT DOOR. SERGEANT STERN WOULD ALSO INDICATE THAT THERE WAS AN OPERATIONAL PLAN IN PLACE BETWEEN THE SWAT TEAM AND THE SURVEILLANCE TEAM THAT, SHOULD MARION EXIT THE RESIDENCE BEFORE THE SWAT TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE. TO EFFECTUATE THE WARRANT THAT SERGEANT STERN’S TEAM WOULD EXIT THEIR VEHICLES, ATTEMPT TO BLOCK IN THE VEHICLE THAT MARION HAD KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING EARLIER IN THE DAY TO KEEP HIM FROM FLEEING IN THE VEHICLE, AND TO ATTEMPT TO SAFELY APPREHEND HIM OUT IN THE OPEN AT APPROXIMATELY 3:31 P.M., MARION IS SEEN EXITING 1915 WASHINGTON STREET FROM THE REAR. HE WALKS TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE DRIVEWAY. SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP SURVEILLANCE TEAM MEMBERS EXIT THEIR VEHICLES AND ATTEMPT A PEACEFUL SURRENDER. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE TOP STILL PHOTO, THIS IS A STILL SHOT FROM DEPUTY KEYSER’S BODY WORN CAMERA. IN THE PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT DEPUTY ROADIES MARKED K-9 CRUISER. LIGHTS AND SIRENS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED AS SHE APPROACHES THE BACK OF THE DRIVEWAY. DEPUTY KEYSER CURRENTLY IS HOLDING A LESS THAN LETHAL TASER TEN NEXT TO DEPUTY KEYSER. TO THE LEFT IS DEPUTY TRINDL, ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN, AND AT THE FRONT OF THIS WHITE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. 1915 WASHINGTON STREET IS, MARION OBSERVED IN A RED TRACKSUIT. THE BOTTOM OF THIS PHOTO HERE IS DEPUTY TIPTON’S BODY WORN CAMERA. WALKING IN FRONT OF HIM IS SERGEANT STERN. AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE MARION IN THE DRIVEWAY AT THE FRONT OF THAT VEHICLE, AND AGAIN JUST OFF TO THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE DEPUTY TRINDL ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN. MULTIPLE COMMANDS WERE GIVEN AS TO BEING POLICE. DON’T MOVE! GET DOWN. DURING THESE COMMANDS, MARION WAS NONCOMPLIANT AT THAT POINT. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY DEPUTY KEYSER TO BEGIN DEPLOYING TASER DARTS. THE TASER TEN THAT DEPUTIES ARE ISSUED WITH CONTAINS TEN INDIVIDUAL PROBES. EACH ONE IS ACTIVATED BY A SINGLE PULL OF THE TRIGGER. TASERS DIRECTIONS ON UTILIZATION OF THE TASER TEN IS TO FIRE MULTIPLE TASER PROBES UNTIL YOU HAVE A SOLID TONE FROM THE TASER, WHICH WOULD INDICATE AT THAT POINT THAT THERE IS NEUROMUSCULAR INCAPACITATION. OR, AS WE KNOW, THE MUSCLE LOCKUP THAT CAUSES A PERSON TO STOP. GENERALLY, THEY FALL TO THE GROUND DURING THIS TASER DEPLOYMENT, DEPUTY TASER DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY SIX PROBES. WE KNOW THE FIRST ONE MISSED COMPLETELY. WE BELIEVE AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM MADE CONTACT WITH MARION. DEPUTY KEYSER ADVISES THAT HE HAS GOOD CONTACTS. YOU CAN HEAR THE TASER GIVING THE AUDIBLE TONE AT THAT POINT. THEN IT’S OBSERVED THAT MARION HAS TURNED AND HAS BEGUN TO TRY TO RUN DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. AS HE’S RUNNING, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN UNSUCCESSFUL TASER DEPLOYMENT THAT COULD BE BASED OFF OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS. THE DISTANCE THAT WAS BEING UTILIZED TO DEPLOY THAT TASER THERE WERE ONLY EFFECTIVE IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE WITH THE CORDS, THE CLOTHING THAT MARION WAS WEARING AT THE TIME WAS LOOSE CLOTHING THAT CAN AFFECT TASER ADHERENCE. AFTER THE UNSUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT, MARION IS OBSERVED RUNNING TO THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE. SERGEANT STERN IS IN PURSUIT. MARION FLEES INTO A ROOM CONNECTED TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HE’S RUNNING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY NEXT TO THE HOUSE. HE WILL COME TO THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE, EVENTUALLY TURN INTO WHAT THIS ADDITIONAL ADD ON ROOM IS AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. HE RUNS THROUGH THIS DOOR. SERGEANT STERN IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT BEHIND HIM. SERGEANT STERN PHYSICALLY PREVENTS THE DOOR FROM CLOSING AND AT THIS TIME IS IMMEDIATELY SHOT BY MARION. THE TIME FOR THIS INITIAL CONTACT, THE INITIAL SHOT FIRED IS LESS THAN 30S. SARGENT. DURING HIS INTERVIEW, HIS RATIONALE FOR ENTERING THE ROOM IN PURSUIT OF MARION. AGAIN, AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER DURING THE SURVEILLANCE OPERATION BRIEFING, SERGEANT STERN WAS MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS BELIEVED TO BE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WHO WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MARION. SERGEANT STERN GOES ON TO DESCRIBE HIS DECISION MAKING PROCESSES. MARION WAS FLEEING AROUND THE CORNER AND BACK INTO THE HOUSE. SERGEANT SERGEANT STERN OBSERVED THE DOOR TO BE SLAMMED SHUT BEHIND MARION. SERGEANT STERN WENT ON TO SAY, AND THIS IS HIS DIRECT QUOTES. YOU WOULD THINK THAT MY WORLD IS A SOUND TACTICIAN AND IS A BIG PROPONENT OF NOT TAKING UNNECESSARY RISK. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT WAS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. I’VE GOT YOU TRAPPED IN A HOUSE WITH NO WAY OUT. LET’S LOCK THIS DOWN. MY SWAT TEAM IS A MINUTE AWAY AND WE WIN THE DAY. RIGHT? BUT THERE WAS THAT ONE LITTLE DETAIL THAT SOMEWHERE IN THIS HOUSE IS AN INNOCENT THIRD PARTY. IT’S LIKE SELF-PRESERVATION VERSUS THE RIGHT VERSUS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND I HAD TO GET THE DOOR OPEN. THESE ARE STILLS FROM SERGEANT STERN’S BODY-WORN CAMERA. THE FIRST. STILL, YOU CAN SEE THAT MARION IS IN THAT ROOM. IT’S A VERY SMALL ROOM. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY POINT OF ENTRY AND EXIT. MARION IS SEEN AT THIS POINT WITH HIS RIGHT ARM ACROSS HIS BODY. HIS LEFT ARM AS HE’S STARTING TO PULL UP, HAS A FIREARM IN IT. IT APPEARS THE MATTRESS IS FALLING THERE, AS IF HE HAD PULLED THAT FIREARM FROM UNDERNEATH THAT MATTRESS. THE BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO YOU CAN SEE MARION IS SEEN POINTING THE FIREARM UTILIZING HIS LEFT HAND AT SARGENT STERN. THIS IMAGE IS APPROXIMATE TO THE SHOT BEING FIRED AT SERGEANT STERN. BASED OFF OF BODY WORN CAMERA VIDEOS AND INTERVIEWS. THIS IS JUST AN ENHANCED BLOWN UP VERSION OF THAT. AGAIN, WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE IS WHAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS A TAN IN COLOR. GLOCK 19 HANDGUN. IMMEDIATELY UPON THAT SHOT GOING OFF, SERGEANT STERN IS STRUCK IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. THE ROUND GOES INTO THE OUTER RIGHT SIDE PORTION OF THE CALF MUSCLE. THAT ROUND WILL EXIT TOWARDS THE BACK. INSIDE PORTION OF THAT RIGHT CALF MUSCLE. WE HAVE ONE ENTRY POINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO EXIT HOLES, ONE BEING DEBRIS FROM THE BULLET. ONE OTHER PRESUMABLY BELIEVED TO BE BONE DEBRIS, BONE FRAGMENT FROM HIS TIBIA. AFTER BEING SHOT, HE IMMEDIATELY FALLS TO HIS BACK AND BEGINS TO RETURN FIRE TOWARDS MARION. IN THIS PHOTO, THE BURIAL OF SERGEANT STERN’S RIFLE IS CIRCLED IN RED. SERGEANT STERN PRESENTED THE RIFLE BETWEEN HIS LEGS WHILE ON HIS BACK AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN FIRE. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPEATEDLY TRAINED IN USE OF FORCE TACTICS IN UNORTHODOX SHOOTING PLATFORMS. MEMBERS OF THE SWAT TEAM HAVE ENHANCED TACTICAL TRAINING IN THOSE METHODS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNORTHODOX SHOOTING PLATFORMS THAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO ACCURATELY ACQUIRE A SIGHT PICTURE AND ACCURATELY FIRE A WEAPON. AS SERGEANT STERN FELL TO THE GROUND, HIS BODY WORN CAMERA WAS DISLODGED FROM HIS VEST. THIS IS AN IMAGE FROM SERGEANT STERN’S BODY WORN CAMERA AS IT FELL TO THE GROUND. AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST BEHIND HIM IS TO THE RIGHT. DEPUTY KEYSER, WHO HAS DROPPED HIS TASER AND NOW ARMED HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDGUN, AND TO THE LEFT DEPUTY, ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN. THEIR DIRECTION THAT THEY’RE POINTING THEIR FIREARMS IS INTO THAT ROOM TOWARDS MARION. THE FIREARM THAT I BRIEFLY DESCRIBED THAT WAS USED BY MARION IN THIS INCIDENT. GLOCK 19 X. ON THE LEFT IS A EXTENDED CAPACITY 24 ROUND MAGAZINE. TO THE TOP OF THE FIREARM IS AN EXPENDED NINE MILLIMETER SHELL CASING, AND THE FIREARM WAS FOUND. THE MAGAZINE WAS FULLY LOADED AND INSERTED INTO THE FIREARM. THE SLIDE WAS FORWARD AS IF IT WERE IN THE PREPARED TO BE FIRED. STATE ONCE MAGAZINE WAS REMOVED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS SHELL CASING WAS ACTUALLY STILL INSIDE THE BARREL OF THE GUN. MARION’S FIREARM HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TO WHERE IT DID NOT EJECT THE CASING. AFTER THE SHOT WENT OFF. CLOSE UP PHOTO OF THAT PARTICULAR SHELL CASING YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER WHERE THE PRIMER IS, THERE’S A DIMPLE THAT’S INDICATIVE THAT THE FIRING PIN FROM THE FIREARM MADE CONTACT WITH THAT PRIMER, WHICH IN TURN THEN LAUNCHED THE BULLET OUT OF THAT CASING. ON THE LEFT. THE 24 ROUND EXTENDED CAPACITY MAGAZINE THAT WAS PULLED OUT OF THAT FIREARM ON THE RIGHT. ALL PROJECTILES WERE UNLOADED FROM THAT PARTICULAR MAGAZINE. AND IF YOU COUNT CORRECTLY, THERE ARE 25 LIVE ROUNDS IN A 24 ROUND CAPACITY MAGAZINE. SO AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING, MARION’S FIREARM HAD 26 TOTAL ROUNDS, 25 IN THE MAGAZINE, ONE IN THE CHAMBER. BECAUSE OF THIS OVERLOADING OF THE MAGAZINES CAPACITY, THIS CAUSED THE FAILURE TO EXTRACT THAT FIREARM. HAD A LOT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OVERPRESSURIZATION OF THE SPRING WITHIN THE GUN. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SHOTS BEING FIRED, DEPUTIES IMMEDIATELY REMOVED MARION FROM THE ROOM WHERE HE WAS LOCATED AND BEGAN RENDERING MEDICAL AID. ULTIMATELY, MARION WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. SARGENT STERN WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE VIA DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE VEHICLE AND IS ULTIMATELY TRANSFERRED TO AN AMBULANCE, WHICH TOOK HIM TO UMC FOR TREATMENT TO HIS RIGHT CALF FOR THE GUNSHOT WOUND. CSI REQUESTED TO PROCESS THE SCENE. THE ENTIRETY OF THIS ENCOUNTER WAS LISTED 35 SECONDS IN DURATION. FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH MARION UNTIL THE LAST SHOT WAS FIRED. I’LL NOW TURN THE PODIUM BACK OVER TO SHERIFF HANSON. SO ON MONDAY, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION PRESENTED THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THIS CASE TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT HE HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE, AT THIS POINT, IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE DEPUTIES INVOLVED HAVE ANY CRIMINAL LIABILITY, BUT I WILL LET THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. I CAN TELL YOU THAT BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS. I DID RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM SARGENT STERN JUST PRIOR TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, AND HE DID ASK ME TO RELAY HIS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE OMAHA POLICE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO ASSIST THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDICS AND ASSISTED IN GETTING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND ALL OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES AND STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED, AS WELL AS THE DEDICATED AND SKILLED MEDICAL STAFF AT NEBRASKA MEDICINE. AS A REMINDER, ULTIMATELY, THE ENTIRE EVENT OF MAY 8TH WILL BE HANDED OVER AND REVIEWED WITH FINAL DETERMINATION MADE BY AN IMPARTIAL AND
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Watch: Douglas County Sheriff’s Office shares new details after deputies shoot, kill armed suspect
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is giving an update on an investigation after deputies shot and killed an armed suspect earlier this month.Deputies attempted to arrest 26-year-old Jaquan Marion on May 8 near 19th and Washington streets. Marion was killed and Sgt. Robert Stern was injured in the exchange of gunfire that ensued.READ MORE: New photos show tense moments leading up to shooting that killed suspect, injured Douglas County deputyThe Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said the following deputies were involved and are on paid administrative leave.Deputy Cody Trindle, 48, has served with the sheriff’s office for 13 years. Officials said he became a member of the SOG in 2024 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team.Deputy Josh Kieser, 35, has served with the DCSO for 7 years. He became a member of the SOG in 2025 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team, authorities said.Deputy Tyler Tipton, 29, has served with the DCSO for 5 years. Officials said he has been with the SOG since 2024 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team.Deputy Kaitlynn Rohde, 24, has served with the DCSO for 3 years. She has been with the DCSO K9 Unit since 2025, according to officials.Around 3:30 p.m., Marion exited the residence and walked to the front driveway, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.Surveillance team members with the Special Operations Group exited their vehicles and attempted a peaceful surrender, but Marion was noncompliant.Previous coverage: DCSO identifies suspect in shootingA Taser deployment was attempted but was not successful. Authorities said Marion then fled southbound down the driveway toward the back of the house and entered the back porch as deputies pursued him.Investigators said Stern forced entry into the room and a shot was fired by Marion, who had retrieved a firearm from inside the room.Stern was hit in the right leg and fell to the ground, while he returned fire. Other deputies also returned fire during the encounter, which lasted less than 35 seconds.Marion had absconded from parole for felony charges in Nebraska.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is giving an update on an investigation after deputies shot and killed an armed suspect earlier this month.
Deputies attempted to arrest 26-year-old Jaquan Marion on May 8 near 19th and Washington streets. Marion was killed and Sgt. Robert Stern was injured in the exchange of gunfire that ensued.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said the following deputies were involved and are on paid administrative leave.
- Deputy Cody Trindle, 48, has served with the sheriff’s office for 13 years. Officials said he became a member of the SOG in 2024 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team.
- Deputy Josh Kieser, 35, has served with the DCSO for 7 years. He became a member of the SOG in 2025 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team, authorities said.
- Deputy Tyler Tipton, 29, has served with the DCSO for 5 years. Officials said he has been with the SOG since 2024 and additionally serves on DCSO’s SWAT Team.
- Deputy Kaitlynn Rohde, 24, has served with the DCSO for 3 years. She has been with the DCSO K9 Unit since 2025, according to officials.
Around 3:30 p.m., Marion exited the residence and walked to the front driveway, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.
Surveillance team members with the Special Operations Group exited their vehicles and attempted a peaceful surrender, but Marion was noncompliant.
Previous coverage: DCSO identifies suspect in shooting
A Taser deployment was attempted but was not successful. Authorities said Marion then fled southbound down the driveway toward the back of the house and entered the back porch as deputies pursued him.
Investigators said Stern forced entry into the room and a shot was fired by Marion, who had retrieved a firearm from inside the room.
Stern was hit in the right leg and fell to the ground, while he returned fire. Other deputies also returned fire during the encounter, which lasted less than 35 seconds.
Marion had absconded from parole for felony charges in Nebraska.
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