- snip - Omaha police said the no-knock search warrant was requested due to Ford's violent criminal history and that he was "likely in possession of a firearm."
"Very high threat assessment," Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer said.
- snip- Vail was the first officer in the home, and he can clearly be heard yelling "police search warrant!" from his body-worn camera, which was obscured by his ballistics shield, according to Schmaderer.
He then went upstairs and turned left down a hallway, encountering Ford who was exiting the master bedroom, Omaha police said.
Vail then fired one round, hitting Ford in the left side of his chest, from about five feet away Schmaderer said. He said the autopsy showed that Ford's spinal cord was severed.
Ford was not armed at the time that he was shot, Omaha police said.
- snip - The family told Omaha police that there may be hidden cameras in the house, Schmaderer said. Cameras in plain sight in the house were "confiscated" after the incident.
Omaha police said an semi automatic AR-15 style rifle loaded with 31 rounds of live ammunition, about 46 grams of suspected fentanyl powder, 816 fentanyl pills, nearly 300 grams of marijuana, and narcotics sales equipment were among the evidence seized from the scene.