Nebraska Officer to Receive Medal of Valor

Omaha, NE, Police Officer Coral Walker is to receive a U.S. Justice Department medal at a ceremony next week in Washington, honoring his actions to end a deadly South Omaha shooting spree in 2013, reports Omaha.com .

Omaha police said Tuesday that Walker would receive the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for his actions on June 15, 2013, the day of a shooting spree in which two people were killed and two others critically wounded.

Walker was driving on F Street that day as 911 dispatchers aired broadcasts about a man indiscriminately shooting people. Police say Walker acted quickly when two witnesses flagged him down and pointed out the gunman, Jorge Abraham Zarazua-Rubio, 25.

Walker pulled up near the gunman on Dahlman Avenue and ordered him to stop and drop his gun. Instead, Zarazua-Rubio turned, pointed the gun at Walker, and opened fire. Walker began shooting back from his cruiser, killing the shooter before he could endanger any more lives.