Officer shot in arrest attempt
OMAHA (AP) — An Omaha po
lice officer who was shot in the shoul
der during a shootout that left one man
dead might have been wounded by
another officer, police said Wednesday.
Officer Michael Diehm, 37, was in
good condition Wednesday after sur
gery. The bullet traveled down his arm
and exited through his elbow.
He was wearing a bulletproof vest
when he was shot, police spokesman
Sgt. William Muldoon said.
The man who was the target of the
“no-knock” warrants, Donald Hurley,
43, died in an exchange of bullets Tues
day at about 10:50 p.m. He was wanted
for felony assault and for being a con
victed felon in possession of a firearm.
Muldoon said police were investi
gating whether the shot that hit the of
ficer was fired by the suspect or an
other officer. Ballistic tests were be
ing done on all the guns used in the
shootout and results should be known
later this week.
The city is still suffering from the
aftermath of the Aug. 20 shooting
death of Officer Jimmy Wilson Jr., who
was killed in his cruiser after pulling
over a van in a traffic stop. Kevin Allen,
18, was convicted last week of first
degree murder in that case.
About 10 homicide detectives and
members of the Emergency Response
Unit were called in to serve two arrest
warrants and a search warrant on
Hurley, who had a history of violent
offenses, Muldoon said.
‘7 heard a big boom and
bam, bam, bam, bam.
Vie next thing I knew,
police are here. ”
TERRY HUDSON
neighbor
Hurley had been convicted of man
slaughter in the 1979 death of his wife.
He was released on parole in 1994,
Muldoon said.
Hurley escaped in 1983 from the
penitentiary by slipping away from a
prison guard while visiting his fathei
at an Omaha hospital. He was recap
tured in 1984 in South Carolina, where
he was found with a group of Hell’s
Angels.
Hurley had been off parole since
March 13, 1994, Muldoon said.
“This man had already shown a pro
pensity to commit a very violent act,
and he had threatened to kill,’
Muldoon said. Police decided to use
the no-knock approach “so they could
hopefully surprise the man so he would
not resist arrest.”
A no-knock warrant allows offic
ers to enter a home without knocking.
Police identified themselves as they
went through Hurley’s door, Muldoon
said.
The warrants were the result of an
investigation of a felony assault that
had occurred March 15. At the time, a
21-year-old man had reported that
Hurley had held a gun to his head, pis
tol-whipped him with a handgun and
then threatened to kill him if he told
anybody.
Muldoon said when officers en
tered the front door of the north Omaha
home, they yelled “Police!” repeat
edly. The door opened to a small
entryway, and Hurley was in a living
room on a sofa with a gun.
“He had the handgun, and he aimed
it at them and started firing,” Muldoon
said.
Muldoon did not know how many
shots were fired at police.
A neighbor, Teijy Hudson, 33, said
he heard five to six shots. “I heard a
big boom and bam, bam, bam, bam.
The next thing I knew, police are here.”
Diehm is a 9 1/2-year veteran of
the police force. Muldoon said he was
talking with hospital officials before
surgery.
Neighbors said Hurley was a con
struction worker. His girlfriend and her
young son frequently stayed with him,
they said. At the time of the shooting,
police said Hurley was home alone.
Chief Jim Skinner said the incident
would be investigated by the homicide
unit and the department’s internal af
fairs unit. In addition, the Douglas
County attorney’s office would be con
ducting an investigation, .
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weeks ago.
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