A shooting in Crete, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon left seven individuals injured, including four children between the ages of three and 10.
Billy Booth, the 74-year-old suspect, was subsequently discovered dead inside his home across the street from what the police claimed was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Captain Sean Caradori of the Nebraska State Patrol reports that the shooting happened at roughly 4:30 p.m. on a residential property on Crestline Drive in Crete.
“It seems that every victim of the shooting will make it out alive,” Caradori stated on Friday at a press briefing.
During a press conference on Saturday, Nebraska State Patrol Colonel John A. Bolduc revealed that Booth had fired “multiple rounds from inside his house.” The precise amount of rounds fired is unknown to them.
According to Bolduc, they don’t think Booth spoke to any of the victims verbally in the seconds before the shooting. But according to the authorities, Booth had past relationships with the families of the victims.
According to a report from May, according to Nebraska Crete Police Chief Gary Young, the victims reported that Booth insulted them, told them to return to their home country, and ordered them to learn English.
In response to a question about whether detectives believe the shooting was motivated by race, Young said, “We don’t know, but there could be.” ‘Go home’ and ‘Speak English’ are certainly conducive to that.”
After being taken to the Crete Area Medical Center, some of the wounded were eventually sent to other hospitals in order to receive additional care.
“All of the injuries are consistent with shotgun blast injuries,” Bolduc stated.
He stated that “most of the victims were outside of the home at the time of the shooting, but at least one was inside the home when they were struck.”
Even though it’s anticipated that every victim will live, Bolduc said that “recovery will be a long road for some of them.”
According to a friend of one of the victims, the gunman had made inflammatory remarks before he “shot the house up.” According to him, the gunman also shot his friend’s mother four times in the back.
Officers heard “one single gunshot” in a house across the street from where the bodies were discovered, according to Boldouc. Later on, they found Booth dead from what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Although two guns were found in the house, it is thought that just one shotgun was utilized in this occurrence. As far as Boldouc knew, Booth was able to lawfully own a gun.
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“All gunfire had come from a single residence at 1810 Parkland Street.” Bolduc stated that this was the house where Booth was discovered and where he lived.
It is the opinion of the investigators that no other suspects are involved. The investigation is ongoing, according to investigators, and they are still working to identify a motivation.
Along with the fire departments of nearby towns, Crete Police officers, Saline County deputies, Nebraska State Troopers, and Nebraska Game and Parks police had all responded to the site.
At around 6:40 p.m., according to Caradori, the Nebraska State Police SWAT Team arrived with several armored vehicles and “breached the door of the home where the gunshots came from”.
Caradori attested to the fact that no police officers discharged their guns.
“I want all of Crete to know that this situation has been resolved and there’s no threat to the public,” Caradori stated.
