A Li, a 41-year-old man, was found fatally wounded late on the night of August 14, 2019, near 49th and Hamilton Streets in Omaha. Police had been called to the area around 11:30 p.m. for a report of gunfire; officers located him outside an apartment building, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators noted that some potential witnesses spoke limited English, a barrier that complicated early interviews and slowed the gathering of firsthand accounts.
Neighbors and bystanders pointed officers to a chaotic few moments after the shots witnesses described two men sprinting away from the area as first responders converged on the block. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood through the night, marking evidence and searching for cameras that might have recorded the fleeing figures, while urging anyone who had seen or heard something to come forward.
In the days that followed, police identified no suspect by name and did not announce any arrests. Omaha Crime Stoppers highlighted the case and promoted an enhanced cash reward up to $25,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of the person or people responsible, a standing incentive in local homicide investigations. Years later, public reports still did not reflect an identified suspect or charges tied to this killing.
