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Three people killed, 5 wounded in Nebraska shooting

Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:29 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 26 January 2015 3:06 AM ]

Families talking to Omaha Police after shooting at 2:00AM leaves 3 people dead, 5 injured. (KETV Omaha photo)

A shooting in a house in the US state of Nebraska has left three people dead and five others injured, according to police.

Cops responded to a shooting in the northwest part of Omaha, Nebraska's biggest city, in the early hours of Saturday and found several people injured by gunshot wounds along with two young women killed, the Omaha Police Department said in a statement.

Police said 19-year-old JaKela Foster and 24-year-old Latecia Fox died at the scene, while 26-year-old Cameron Harris died several hours later at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

All of the 5 wounded victims were at the hospital and in stable condition as of late Saturday afternoon, said Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmadere.

Kristina Young, whose daughter Ja'Kela Foster was killed in the shooting, told The Associated Press that there was a party going on at the house when the shooting happened on Friday night.

Ja'Kela left a one-year-old son behind, her mother said.

"To the person who pulled the trigger, I want to say it's just senseless. It just needs to stop. I now have a 1-year-old grandson that has no mother," Young said.

Omaha police did not say if it had any suspects in custody related to the incident.

During the party, as many as 50 people were in and around the vacated small home in Omaha, according to media reports.

A non-profit website called Gun Violence Archive has recorded 2,594 gun incidents in the country in 2015 (as of January 25). According to the website, 800 people have lost their lives to gun violence during the first 25 days of this year.

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