I noticed that the shooting made national news. Fox News had a mention about it.

More info. Last night, some guy in a county outside of Omaha had beaten his wife and then left in a pickup to go to her parents house. (who, I assume, live in Omaha).

He got to an area in Southwest or South central Omaha, which is right on the line with another city called LaVista. LaVista police saw him and started chasing. That was really early this morning. He crashed his truck into a light pole and got away. (carrying a handgun and a rifle. Wouldnt they have noticed a guy with a rifle walking into the hospital?)

He somehow made it across town to the hospital. The witnesses have been saying he was on a pay phone right by the cafeteria. Not sure what was going on, but he was yelling into the phone and scaring some of the patients and others in the cafeteria. Someone said a patient called 911.

Two female officers show up, and asked some guy in the hall where the pay phones were. He told them where the phones were and the next thing that witness knew, there was a gun battle in or near the cafeteria. (I havent been there for about a year, not exactly sure if the payphones are right next to the cafeteria)

The crazy guy shot the cops. One in the leg, and another one in the foot. He ended up taking four rounds to the chest, and someone said that a taser was used too.

I guess he was talking about shooting the wife's family or some such thing. I'm just glad the cops were good shots and that my dad and aunt werent in that part of the hospital at the time.

edit:

Now they're saying the guy actually lived, but he's extremely critical and might not survive. He was apparently in Omaha to kill his mother-in-law and sister-in-law and then found out his wife was at the hospital where the shooting took place. (he had beaten her last night at their home in another county) So he was probably there at the hospital to try to take her out. Good thing he wasnt able to get at his in-laws, and that the police got to him before he could find the wife.

One of the news reports I read said that the police asked a groundskeeper to go inside the hospital and see if a man fitting some description was at the pay phones. (which I think are just inside the door, and not at the cafeteria) Groundskeeper went back outside and told them he was there. The cops went in, said something to him and he just turned and fired. They fired back with a taser and their guns. One of the cops got shot in the hip and the other one in the foot or the leg.

I'm getting tired of people shooting up the city. First that guy shot up the mall around Xmas several years ago, and now my dad's place of work has a shooting. (not the first time for them either...but the last two were suicides and no one was around for those shootings other than the suicidal persons)