Man arrested in connection with homicide near North Omaha motorcycle club

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Omaha police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of first-degree murder after a fatal shooting Sunday near Los Diablos Motorcycle Club in North Omaha.  

Darnell Long Jr. is also suspected of using a weapon to commit a felony in connection with the shooting near 25th Street and Ames Avenue that killed 37-year-old Alexander Whitcomb, according to a press release from the Omaha Police Department. 

Police officers patrolling in the area about 4:15 a.m. Sunday witnessed multiple people exchanging gunfire, a statement from police said. Officers witnessed “hundreds of people running from the area,” the statement said.

Additional officers arrived and located Whitcomb of Omaha suffering from gunshot wounds near Los Diablos. Officers performed CPR until Omaha Fire Department personnel arrived and took over.

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Whitcomb was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center with lifesaving measures in progress and later died.

Just before noon Sunday, a 35-year-old woman walked into Immanuel Medical Center with a gunshot wound that she told police occurred near the motorcycle club.

The woman told officers that she was walking in the area of the Los Diablos Motorcycle Club about 4 a.m. when she heard an argument and gunshots. She later discovered that she had been shot in the leg.

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