TWO PEOPLE INCLUDING A SHOOTING SUSPECT ARE DEAD FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT THAT BEGAN IN OMAHA AND ENDED IN IOWA SATURDAY AFTER A PURSUIT AT SPEEDS UP TO 100 MPH.
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS STARTED WITH OMAHA POLICE RESPONDING TO A SOUTHWEST OMAHA RESIDENCE SHORTLY BEFORE 6 A.M. SATURDAY FOR A REPORT OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSAULT.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT, 41-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW BRIGGS, HAD PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AN ADULT FEMALE AFTER FORCING ENTRY INTO HER RESIDENCE.
THE WOMAN FLED AND CALLED 9-1-1.
RESPONDING OFFICERS SAW FORCED ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND THE BODY OF 52-YEAR-OLD STEVEN DONSBACH, WHO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT TO DEATH.
OMAHA POLICE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR BRIGGS AND LOCATED HIS UNOCCUPIED CAR.
SHORTLY AFTER 3:30 P.M. THERE WAS A CARJACKING BY BRIGGS IN SARPY COUNTY.
OFFICERS QUICKLY LOCATED THAT CAR AND A PURSUIT BEGAN, CROSSING INTO COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA AND ENDING WITH AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WITH AN OMAHA POLICE OFFICER AND A COUNCIL BLUFFS POLICE OFFICER FIRING AT BRIGGS IN THE STOLEN CAR.
OFFICERS PROVIDED MEDICAL AID TO BRIGGS, WHO WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.
TWO FIREARMS WERE LOCATED IN THE STOLEN CAR BRIGGS WAS DRIVING.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
Photo from Omaha Police
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