News Release Omaha Police Department
OMAHA, Neb.-The Omaha Police Department has arrested Gooden Townsell, 62, for the homicide of Dontae Berry, 40, that occurred Friday afternoon in the area of S 26th and St. Marys Avenues. Officers responded to a call of a man down from an assault shortly after 1:00 p.m. Officers were told by Omaha Fire Department personnel the man had been stabbed. Mr. Berry was taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
At 3:40 p.m., Omaha Police patrol officers saw the suspect vehicle in the area of N 30th Street and Ames Avenue, where a vehicle pursuit was initiated after the vehicle failed to stop for the officers. The pursuit ended near N 30th and Parker Streets. The occupants of the vehicle, which included Mr. Townsell, were detained and later interviewed by OPD Homicide detectives.
Mr. Townsell has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony.