Nebraska State Patrol updates on a shooting in Crete on Friday.
CRETE — Six people were injured, including three children, Friday afternoon in a shooting in Crete, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
At about 4:35 p.m., first responders were called to a house in a neighborhood near Longwood Drive and Boswell Avenue on the east side of the town on a report of several gunshots, State Patrol Capt. Sean Caradori said.
Law enforcement from the Crete Police Department, the State Patrol and the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to the shooting.
When officers arrived at the house, they found six people — three adults and three children — with gunshot wounds and also heard a gunshot from a house across the street.
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The ages of the victims have not been released.Â
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Joshua Morales (second from left), 17, embraces a friend near the scene of a shooting Friday in Crete. Seven people were injured, including four children, and the suspect shot and killed himself, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
The victims were escorted out of the house through a back door and all six were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
At about 7 p.m., SWAT team officers went into the home where they had heard a gunshot and found a man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The SWAT team officers located a shotgun inside the home. The man is believed to have been the shooter who injured the six people, Caradori said.
"This type of situation can certainly shake the community," Caradori said.
Investigators were expected to be in the neighborhood for an extended period as they continue their investigation.
The scene in Crete on Friday afternoon where six people, including three children, were injured in a shooting.Â
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Police officers walk outside of a home in Crete where a man is believed to have shot seven people before shooting and killing himself. The seven victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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Police officers at the scene of a reported shooting in Crete on Friday afternoon. Six people were injured, including three children, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.Â
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Photo: Gering Police Officer Jordan McBride talks with Scottsbluff Police Officer Michael Modeac as he puts up crime scene tape at the scene of an armed standoff in Scottsbluff in June 2021.Â
4. North Platte
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With a population of 23,705 and 89 violent crimes, the city had a rate of 3.75 per 1,000.
Photo: Union Pacific train engines line up outside a service building in North Platte.
3. Lincoln
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The Star City had a population of 291,128 with 1,115 violent crimes, a rate of 3.83 per 1,000.
Photo: Police in Lincoln investigate a shooting near the intersection of 14th and E streets in August 2019.Â
2. Grand Island
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With a population of 51,821 and 236 violent crimes, the largest of the Tri Cities had a 2019 rate of 4.55 per 1,000 people.
Photo: Grand Island police and State Patrol personnel investigate after a body was found in a Grand Island yard in August 2020.Â
1. Omaha
![1. Omaha](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C889 1333w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C985 1476w, https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/journalstar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/93/2930d873-a2cf-539e-a93b-518e17a4db36/6121da5756eb8.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1176 2008w)
In 2019, the state's largest city at 470,481 people had 2,833 violent crimes for a rate of 6.13 per 1,000.
Photo: Omaha police and University Police guard the entrance to the Nebraska Medicine Emergency room after an Omaha police officer was shot at Westroads Mall in March 2021.Â
A note about the numbers
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With eight violent crimes in 2019, Boys Town topped the state at 13.82 per 1,000 people, which is a misleading stat because it only had a 2019 population of 579.
Photo:Â The statue at the entrance to Boys Town. It doesn't take much to skew the numbers.Â