Former Nebraska Player Baldwin Shot by Police, Condition Critical
Former Nebraska football player Scott Baldwin was shot by an Omaha police officer late Saturday and was in critical condition at a Omaha hospital, police said.
Baldwin, 23, was found not responsible by reason of insanity in the beating of a Lincoln woman in January.
Police Chief James Skinner told the Omaha World-Herald that an officer was involved in the shooting. Skinner said the homicide unit was at the scene of the shooting at a carwash.
Larry Lavelle, a 911 supervisor, told the World-Herald that Baldwin was shot in the chest.
Baldwin allegedly was involved in a string of disturbances in Omaha Saturday night that culminated in the shooting at 11:43 p.m., police and Lavelle said.
Details were unavailable about the sequence of events leading to the shooting.
A Lancaster County District Court judge had ruled Wednesday that Baldwin still was potentially dangerous and should remain under treatment and medication supervised by St. Joseph Center for Mental Health in Omaha.
The judge said Baldwin should be allowed to remain in school and continue in an outpatient treatment program for severe depression.
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