Omaha police were called to the area near 24th and Binney streets just before 4 a.m. after reports of a cutting, but when officers arrived, they found evidence of a felony assault and no victim. The missing piece of the puzzle turned up blocks away: a man walked into Creighton's hospital near 24th and Cuming streets with what appeared to be cutting injuries.
Scene Yields Evidence, But No Victim
According to KETV, officers responding to the initial report found signs that a felony assault had occurred at the scene, but no injured person was there. Investigators believe a sharp object may have been involved, based on what they found, though the station's report does not say whether a weapon was recovered.
The man who showed up at Creighton's hospital was later transferred to another hospital, per the same account. His injuries were initially described as life-threatening, but he is now in stable condition. Police have said they are investigating both the Binney Street scene and the hospital arrival as connected to the same incident.
No Suspect in Custody
As of the report, officers did not have a suspect in custody. Police have not released a description of who may have been involved or what led up to the cutting, leaving the circumstances of the attack unresolved for now.
Police are asking anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at 402-444-STOP.
A Pattern of Cutting Calls Across Omaha
This is not the first cutting investigation to hit Omaha neighborhoods in recent months. In June, a man was hospitalized after two people broke into a store in North Omaha and cut him during the break-in, WOWT reported at the time. In August, a cutting near 17th and Izard streets sent another man to the hospital after police said a 24-year-old victim was cut by a 31-year-old suspect who fled the scene on a bicycle; that suspect was later arrested and faced second-degree assault and other charges, according to WOWT's coverage of that case.
Earlier cuttings have also turned up in other parts of the city. One person suffered critical injuries in a cutting that officers investigated early one Monday morning near an apartment complex by North 22nd and Chicago streets, according to a separate KETV report. Each incident has been handled as its own case, with outcomes ranging from hospitalization alone to arrest and formal charges.
For now, the Binney Street cutting remains open, with police continuing to piece together how a felony assault scene with no victim connected to a man who walked into a hospital just blocks away with serious injuries.
