An Omaha police officer is under investigation after fatally shooting an unarmed man while serving a no-knock search warrant last week.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said during a press conference Sunday that Officer Adam Vail of the department’s SWAT team came face-to-face with the Cameron Ford, named in the search warrant in a very tight hallway and fired one shot, killing Ford. The incident occurred Wednesday at 7 a.m. in the upstairs area of Ford’s home near 78th and Redick Avenues.
“Mr. Ford charged out of the (bedroom) and Officer Vail was unable to see his hands,” Schmaderer said. “Mr. Ford was shot in the chest through the left side from an estimated five feet away.”
Officers immediately began CPR and Ford was pronounced deceased at an Omaha hospital. Schmaderer and members of his command staff first met Sunday with seven members of Ford’s family and State Sen. Terrell …