An Omaha standoff that began with a shoplifting call stretched more than six hours overnight, forced a family from their home, and ended with a police dog rushed to a veterinary hospital and a 40-year-old man facing a lengthy list of felony charges.

Omaha Police have identified the suspect as Raynard Bass. Officers took him into custody early Friday morning after negotiations failed and a K-9 unit located him hiding inside the walls of a residence.

How It Started

The chain of events began around 7 p.m. Thursday with a report of shoplifting at Von Maur.

OPD’s helicopter happened to be operating in the area and observed the suspect leaving the mall in a dark-colored SUV. Officers on the ground moved to conduct a traffic stop.

The driver did not stop. The helicopter tracked the vehicle as it fled, following it to the vicinity of 37th Street and Grand Avenue, where the suspect abandoned the SUV on foot.

An officer on scene reported seeing that Bass was carrying a handgun as he ran. Crew members in the helicopter reported the same thing.

He then entered a residence near 38th and Fort streets — a home that was occupied.

A Neighborhood Locked Down

Because the suspect was believed to be armed and inside an occupied dwelling, police issued a shelter in place alert for the surrounding area.

Two children and a woman managed to leave through the front of the house safely. They told officers that two more people remained inside, in the basement.

That information shaped everything that followed. Police were no longer dealing with a barricaded suspect alone but with civilians trapped in the same structure.

OPD’s SWAT unit used specialized equipment to breach the home and successfully extracted both people from the basement without injury.

Hours of Negotiation

With the residents out, crisis negotiators worked to talk Bass into surrendering peacefully. He refused.

During the standoff, multiple gunshots were heard. Officers observed that windows of the home had been broken.

The impasse continued into the early hours of the morning.

The K-9 Deployment

At roughly 1 a.m., police sent in K-9 Kano to locate the suspect.

Kano found Bass concealed inside a wall cavity within the home.

SWAT officers entered immediately afterward and discovered the dog lying unresponsive on the floor. Officers performed CPR on Kano inside the residence before transporting him to a veterinarian.

Kano is expected to recover.

The Arrest

Bass resisted as officers moved to detain him, and a taser was deployed to bring him into custody.

He was taken to a hospital for medical evaluation and admitted as a precautionary measure.

When officers secured him, they recovered a firearm along with two spent shell casings.

None of the residents of the home were physically injured.

The Chief’s Assessment

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer described the incident as placing innocent members of the community in immediate danger inside their own residence.

He said the department’s central priority throughout remained the preservation of life — for the public, for officers and for the suspect himself. He characterized the situation as rapidly evolving and high risk, requiring professionalism, sound judgment and decisive action, and noted that officers and support staff worked continuously for more than six hours to bring it to a safe conclusion.

The Charges

Bass was later booked into Douglas County Corrections. The charges include:

• An outstanding felony domestic violence warrant
• Felony shoplifting
• Operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest
• Willful reckless driving
• Terroristic threats
• Burglary
• Attempted felony assault on a police officer
• Use of a weapon to commit a felony
• Felon in possession of a firearm
• Animal cruelty to a police service animal
• Obstructing a police officer

The animal cruelty count reflects Nebraska’s specific statutory protections for police service animals, which are treated distinctly from ordinary property or general animal cruelty offenses.

The People Who Actually Lost the Most

One detail sits somewhat quietly at the end of the police account: the family who lived in the house are now working to relocate.

They were not involved in the shoplifting report or the pursuit. An armed stranger entered their home, gunfire occurred inside it, windows were broken, and a SWAT team breached the structure to get their relatives out of the basement.

Everyone survived, which is the outcome police were working toward. But the household still lost its sense of safety in that space, and by the department’s own account, they are leaving.

What Comes Next

Bass faces prosecution in Douglas County on the full slate of charges. The case will proceed through the local court system, and further details are likely to emerge as filings become public.

Kano, meanwhile, remains under veterinary care with a positive prognosis.