Grand jury clears Omaha officer who fatally shot unarmed robbery suspect

OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT
The dashboard camera in a police cruiser captures Danny Elrod on Feb. 23 as police confront him about the robbery of a nearby Family Dollar. Elrod was shot as he jumped from the hood of the car at left.

POSTED: THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 1:15 AM
By Todd Cooper and Alia Conley / World-Herald staff writers

A grand jury found no criminal conduct Wednesday on the part of authorities in connection with six deaths.

Grand jurors cleared Omaha Police Officer Alvin Lugod, who shot robbery suspect Danny Elrod twice in the back.

On Feb. 23, Omaha police tracked down Elrod after they responded to a robbery call at the Family Dollar store on South 13th Street. Officers repeatedly told Elrod to show his hands and get on the ground. He refused.

Elrod — who was later determined to be unarmed — reached into his waistband several times, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer has said. Lugod warned Elrod that he was “going to get shot.”

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