An Omaha woman pleaded no contest this week to reduced charges of manslaughter and possessing a firearm while committing a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of a security guard last summer.
Keloni Jones, 25, initially faced charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony in the May 2023 killing of 23-year-old Gom Gout. Under the reduced charges, she will face a minimum of one year and a maximum of 70 years in prison when she is sentenced in July.
According to from Omaha Police Homicide Detective Chad Frodyma, Gout was working as a security guard at Moe and Curley’s Pub, a karaoke bar near 10th Street and Capitol Avenue, in the early hours of May 7, 2023. Shortly before 1 a.m., multiple fights broke out in front of the bar.
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Jones, according to Frodyma, was involved in one of the fights. A woman took her to the ground, held her by the hair and repeatedly kicked and punched her in the head and body. After the fight, the woman Jones left her on the ground and walked to a nearby group.
Gout exited the bar and began breaking up the remaining fights. He was dressed in a bright red shirt with “SECURITY†on the back.
A group of people, including the woman who assaulted Jones, had gathered in a group about 20 feet away from the bar’s entrance. Gout was speaking with the women when Jones got up off the ground, walked toward the bar entrance and pulled a Glock 19 handgun out of her purse.
Police said Gout tried to block Jones’ movement as she walked towards the group of women with the gun drawn. Jones then punched Gout in the arm and pushed him away before pointing the gun at Gout’s chest and pulling the trigger, Frodyma said.
The bullet pierced Gout’s lung and heart, and he was declared dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. The entire incident was captured on surveillance video from the bar.
Jones is set to be sentenced July 30.