OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - People on the front lines in the Omaha metro dealing with domestic violence tell us calls to 911 with domestic violence complaints spiked during the pandemic.

They say those numbers have not returned to pre-COVID-19 levels, and that is cause for concern.

Shots were fired in what Omaha police labeled a domestic violence shooting in the Little Italy neighborhood.

Omaha has seen a number of incidents related to domestic violence over the last few weeks.

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“Many of them occur after a survivor has filed a court action like a protection order or a divorce, so they are signaling to their abuser, ‘I’m done, I’m ready to leave, I’m not under your control anymore,’” said Katie Welsh, vice president of programming for the Women’s Center fo

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