A 50-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday night on a felony warrant after he was seen jumping into the Missouri River near the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.Â
An Omaha police spokesman said Council Bluffs police officers were on the pedestrian bridge for an unrelated incident shortly before midnight when they noticed a man jumping into the river from land on the Iowa side. Rescue boats and an Omaha police helicopter began searching for the man.Â
The man, who recently listed an Omaha homeless shelter as his residence in an Omaha shoplifting case, was located on the Nebraska side of the river just north of South Third and Pierce Streets. Officers took the man into custody without incident in connection with a felony warrant issued in Pottawattamie County.
He declined to give a reason for why he jumped into the river, the Omaha police spokesman said, although he did say that he was not suicidal. The man was cleared at an Omaha hospital before being booked into the Douglas County Jail. Â
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