Makhi Woleridge-Jones arrested in fatal Nebraska Mall shooting

Authorities said a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in a shooting that killed a man and injured a woman at a mall in Nebraska.

Makhi Woleridge-Jones was busted on Sunday on charges of first-degree murder in a shooting the day before at Westrods Mall in Omaha.

People hugged in the parking lot after a shooting at the Westrods Mall on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska.
People hugged in the parking lot after a shooting at the Westrods Mall on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Chris Machian / Omaha World-Herald via AP

Brandon Woleridge-Jones, 18, was arrested earlier on charges of being an accessory to a shooting near a JCPNE store.

The relationship between the two suspects was not reported.

Law enforcement turns traffic away after a shooting on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Westrods Mall in Nebraska.
Law enforcement turns traffic away after a shooting on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at the Westrods Mall in Nebraska.
Chris Machian / Omaha World-Herald via AP

On Sunday, police said they were not looking for any other suspects in the incident, which left 21-year-old Trek Swift.

Brandon Woleridge-Jones, 18, was arrested earlier on charges of being an accessory to a shooting near a JCPNE store.
Brandon Woleridge-Jones, 18, was arrested earlier on charges of being an accessory to a shooting near a JCPNE store.
Omaha Police Department

Police said it appeared that the shooting was “an isolated incident and not a random attack,” CNN reported.

The second victim, 22-year-old Jeya Wayland, went to police spokesperson Neil Bonbeck in a private vehicle at CHI Emmanuel Hospital Told WOWT.

Trek Swift was killed in the shooting.
Trek Swift was killed in the shooting.
Omaha Police Department

Police later said that she had gone to the hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening.

Makhi Wooldridge-Jones, 16, and Brandon Wooldridge-Jones, 18, Omaha, both, have been arrested in the case of Trek Swift, 21.
Makhi Wooldridge-Jones, 16, and Brandon Wooldridge-Jones, 18, Omaha, both, have been arrested in the case of Trek Swift, 21.
Omaha Police Department

In 2007, the mall was the scene of a mass shooting when 19-year-old Robert Hawkins killed eight people before gunning himself. Five others were injured in that shooting.

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