UPDATE: Omaha man killed after pursuit identified
UPDATE: The male driver from the pursuit initiated in Saunders County and ended at 181st Ave. and Gertrude St. in Sarpy County on December 27, 2018, has been identified as 26-year-old Blake Cedar of Omaha, NE, according to the Sarpy County Sheriffs Office.
SCSO confirmed Cedar had an active felony warrant in Nebraska issued on December 7, 2018, for a parole violation due to possession of a weapon.
Autopsy results have confirmed the manner of death as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the agency said in a news release.
The weapon used was a Taurus 9mm semi-automatic handgun, which SCSO says was stolen in Omaha.
The investigation is ongoing.
More information is available below.
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From: News Release
The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) has asked the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a pursuit that began in Saunders County and ended in Sarpy County.
At the conclusion of the pursuit, the suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
No shots were fired by law enforcement during the incident.
The pursuit began just before 3:00 p.m. when the Saunders County Sheriff’s Department began pursuing a suspect in connection with a theft in Wahoo.
The suspect’s vehicle, a black Ford F-150, fled at speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour on Highway 92.
As the vehicle entered the Omaha metro area, the truck continued at a high rate of speed and at times drove against oncoming traffic.
NSP became the primary agency in the pursuit at approximately 3:08 p.m. near 192nd and Harrison.
Two minutes later, the vehicle entered a residential neighborhood and came to a stop with a flat rear tire near 181st and Gertrude St.
At the point, a trooper heard a single gunshot.
Upon approaching the vehicle, the trooper found the driver with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The driver of the truck was later pronounced deceased at the scene.
There were two women in the vehicle as well.
Neither woman was injured.
At the request of NSP, the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting the investigation.
