COLUMBUS, Neb. — A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening in the parking lot of a Walmart in Columbus, and police say the suspect, who later turned himself in, is the victim’s stepson.
Columbus police responded to the shooting around 6:20 p.m. at the Walmart on East 23rd Street. Officers arrived to find 42-year-old Anhil Mirabal Hernandez with a gunshot wound to the chest. They provided aid until medics from the Columbus Fire Department arrived.
Mirabal Hernandez was transported to Columbus Community Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, police said.
Shortly after the shooting, 26-year-old Manuel Mesa Cabrera turned himself in to police. Authorities confirmed that Cabrera is the victim’s stepson. He was arrested and booked into the Platte County Detention Facility on charges of first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony.
The investigation is ongoing.