All victims from Crete shooting released from hospital

CRETE, NEB. - All seven victims of a southeast Nebraska shooting have been released from the hospital, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. 

The Nebraska State Patrol said 74-year-old Billy Booth opened fire with a shot gun from his home in Crete, injuring seven people ranging in age from three to 43-years-old. The last three patients are now home from the hospital.

Troopers found Booth dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

NSP says investigations of the shooting being a hate crime are continuing. While Booth and family did not speak directly prior to the shooting, they had a history.  Police had taken a report that Booth had yelled at the family who lived there to “go home” and to “speak English.”

NSP said the family did not press charges for that incident.